Ms. Codex 500 Abregé de la chimie ou l'on voit la nature des vegetaux, animaux, et mineraux entierement découverte
Title
Abregé de la chimie ou l'on voit la nature des vegetaux, animaux, et mineraux entierement découverteAuthors
- Fabre, Pierre-Jean, d. ca. 1650
Call number
Ms. Codex 500(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 1580932
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580932
Publisher
The University of Pennsylvania LibrariesLanguage
FrenchOrigin
Written in France, copied from a printed edition of 1636 (p. 1).
- Date
- ca. 1636
- Place
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France
Summary
An extract from Abregé de la chimie. Following the date of 1636 is "a Paris chés Pierre Blaise rue S. Jaques prés St. Yves." First section consists of 11 chapters (p. 1-13) on alchemy and the elements. Section beginning on p. 14 has heading "Dequelle partie est Composée cette medicine generale du mondes." Final section is on minerals and precious stones.
Notes
- Ms. gathering.
- Title from title page (p. i).
Extent
22 leaves : 235 x 174 (214 x 143) mmFoliation
Paper, 22 leaves; [ii], 1-33, [34-42]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.Support
PaperBinding
Unbound, pages folded and sewn.Script
Subjects topical
- Alchemy--Early works to 1800
- Chemistry--History
Genres
- Codices
- Manuscripts, French--17th century
- Manuscripts, European
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