Ms. Codex 501 Treatises of the true salt, the philosophers secrett, and of the generall spiritt of the world
Title
Treatises of the true salt, the philosophers secrett, and of the generall spiritt of the worldAuthors
- Nuisement, Clovis Hesteau, sieur de
Other related names
- Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, 1604-1675, dedicatee
Call number
Ms. Codex 501(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 1580933
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580933
Publisher
The University of Pennsylvania LibrariesLanguage
EnglishOrigin
Written in England in the second half of the 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Date
- between 1650 and 1699
- Place
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England
Summary
Translation of Traittez de l'harmonie et constitution généralle du vray sel, secret des philosophes, et de l'esprit universelle du monde from the first French edition, "Printed in Paris by Jeremias Perier & Abdias Brisard ... Anno MDCXXI." Prefaced with an address "To the most high most mightie & most vertuous Prince Monseigneour ... Duke of Lorraine," signed de Nuisement. The work is divided into three books, the first book consists of Chapters 1-9 (p. 1-28), the second book consists of Chapters 1-4 (p. 29-125), and the third book is the conclusion, (p. 126-141).
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (p. v); English title of the 1657 and 1658 printed editions translated by Robert Turner, as described in Ferguson's Bibliotheca chemica, II, p.148, is quite different.
Extent
80 leaves : 196 x 151 (182 x 130) mm. bound to 199 x 155 mmFoliation
Paper, 80 leaves; [xvi], 1-141, [142-144]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.Support
PaperBinding
Contemporary sheepskin. Binding broken along spine, a few wormholes.Script
Subjects topical
- Alchemy--Early works to 1800
- Chemistry--History
Genres
- Codices
- Treatises
- Manuscripts, English--17th century
- Manuscripts, European
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