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Title

Curious experiments in natural magick and cabalistic from Albertus Parvus.

Authors

• Albert, Petit
• 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 1699
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962936093503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/918899839
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3zc7rw97 https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

English, Italian, and Latin

Origin

Date

between 1750 and 1799

Place

England?

Summary

Collection of instructions from Le Petit Albert, an 18th-century magical handbook, for conducting alchemical and cabalistic experiments and recipes concerning matters of love (p. 12), health (p. 65), and luck (p. 39) as well as other applications such as preventing dogs from barking at you (p. 48), preventing the effects of wine (p. 51), growing grapes and melons (p. 61), and creating talismans (p. 68). Also includes an alphabetical index (p. 261-266). A bifolium laid into the manuscript includes instructions for several different methods of how to catch plenty of fish and to make pigeons come to your dove house.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. i).
   

Extent

184 leaves : 198 x 145 (166 x 118) mm bound to 204 x 157 mm +

Foliation

Paper, 184 leaves; [ii], 1-247, 148-209, [210-266]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment.

Layout

Written in 15-18 long lines.

Decoration

Pen and ink drawing of piece of horse flesh (p. 12) and of talismans (p. 79); alchemical symbols throughout.

Script

Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.

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. 617, 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

• Cabala
• Cabala--Early works to 1800
• Magic--Early works to 1800
• Magic
• Occultism--Early works to 1800
• Occultism

Genres

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

Keywords

• 18th century
• English
• England
• Paper
• Kabbalah
• Magic

Licenses

• Text

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• Text

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Decorations

• 12 — Diagram, p. 12
• 79 — Diagram, p. 79