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Coelum philosophorum, seu, Liber de secretis naturae / per Philippum Vlstadium ex variis autoribus accuratè selectus, variísque figuris illustratus ; nunc recèns adjecimus Joan. Anto. Campesii Directorium summae summarum medicinae.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ulstadius, Philippus, editor.
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric--Early works to 1800.
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
- Alchemy--Early works to 1800.
- Alchemy.
- Distillation--Early works to 1800.
- Distillation.
- Pharmacy--Early works to 1800.
- Pharmacy.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- 431, [17] pages : illustrations ; 13 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Coelvm philosophorvm, sev, Liber de secretis naturae
- Coelum philosophorum
- Coelvm philosophorvm
- Liber de secretis naturae
- Fingerprint:
- a,ru a.æ- uoe- stma (3) 1557 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- Lugduni : Apud Gulielmum Rovillium, MDLVII [1557]
- Notes:
- Compiled chiefly from Joannes de Rupescissa, Ramón Lull, Arnaldus de Villanova and Albertus Magnus.
- Signatures: A-2E⁸ (leaf 2E8 blank).
- Woodcut illustrations, initials and head-pieces.
- Printed marginalia.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Smith copy has early manuscript recipe for distillation involving breast milk on blank leaf preceding title leaf; early manuscript underline and manicule on leaf 2B1r.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.
- Smith copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Adam Weinberger Rare Books.
- Smith copy has early manuscript inscription ("F.L.P. D.e.P.") on title leaf; early manuscript inscription ("Honorato Caprillo[?]") on title leaf.
- OCLC:
- 26189695
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