Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Occult and alchemical compendium.

Authors

• Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)

Other related names

• Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner
• Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93028960)

Call number

Ms. Codex 1701
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962935853503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/918987967
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3nz80s3b https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1750-1799

Place

Italy

Summary

Collection of instructions for alchemical processes and experiments.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

184 leaves : 197 x 138 mm bound to 208 x 150 mm

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.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment. Front and back pastedowns have come loose.

Script

Written in various cursive and semi-cursive scripts by multiple hands.

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.
   

Subjects topical

• Alchemy--Early works to 1800
• Alchemy
• Occultism--Early works to 1800
• Occultism

Genres

• Codices
• Diagrams
• Drawings (visual works)
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Manuscripts, European
• Manuscripts, Italian

Keywords

• 18th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Paper
• Diagrams
• Alchemy

Licenses

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