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[Occult and alchemical compilation].
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alchemy--Early works to 1800.
- Alchemy.
- Occultism--Early works to 1800.
- Occultism.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- compilation manuscripts
- diagrams
- drawings (visual works)
- manuals (instructional materials)
- Manuscripts, Italian -- 18th century.
- Manuscripts, European.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.
- Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 618A, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).
- Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
- Physical Description:
- 184 leaves : paper ; 197 x 138 mm bound to 208 x 150 mm
- Place of Publication:
- [Italy], [1750-1799]
- Language Note:
- Italian.
- Summary:
- Collection of instructions for alchemical processes and experiments.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Foliation: Paper, 184 leaves; [1-184]; irregular contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. All references in this record are to modern foliation.
- Script: Written in various cursive and semi-cursive scripts by multiple hands.
- Decoration: Several pen and ink diagrams (for example, f. 67r, 68v, 141r); alchemical symbols used throughout.
- Binding: Contemporary parchment. Front and back pastedowns have come loose.
- Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 18th century.
- Local Notes:
- Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.
- Cited as:
- Occult and Alchemical Compilation (Ms. Codex 1701). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 918987946
- Online:
- Unique at Penn blog post
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