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An essay on magnesia alba. Wherein its history is attempted, its virtues pointed out, and the use of it recommended. By Samuel Glass, ...
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1767 Mey (b.w.) Af.310.3 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glass, Samuel, -1773 55592
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 6,38p. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : printed for R. Davis; and J. Fletcher, in London, 1764.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Meyer, Alchymistische Briefe, q.v.; item 3 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items. Franklin to Rudolph Erich Raspe, 6 July 1767: "I am much oblig'd to Mr. Andreae and to you for sending me those ingenious Alchemistic Letters" (P 14: 210); MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801-03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (87); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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