Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 511: Compendium der gantzen hermetischen Philosophie ... The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2016 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Ms. codex. Title from title page (v.1, p. i). Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ms. Codex 511 1580953 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580953 Alchemical text, with first volume consisting of Compendium der gantzen hermetischen Wissenschaft and Medicamenta particularia ex Fonte universali ad Corpus humanum along with preparations and experiments and the second volume consisting entirely of preparations. German and Latin Compendium der gantzen hermetischen Philosophie ... Von Hartmann, Johann Christoph

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HONIG. 2 v. (46, 47 leaves) : 190 x 119 (174 x 84) mm. bound to 191 x 120 mm V.1: Paper, 46; [iv], 1-85, [iii]; V.2: Paper, 47; [iv], 1-79, [xi]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Contemporary paper covers. Fragile. Damage from green ink, a few pages tearing along inked lines.

Written in Germany in the 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

17-- Germany Purchased. Alchemy--Early works to 1800 Chemistry--History Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800 Codices Recipes Manuscripts, German--18th century Manuscripts, Latin--18th century Manuscripts, European