Collectanea: Alchemy, Occult Sciences, etc.

Ten short works.

1. Bacozi, von. Relation d'une transmutation qui a été faite le 16 novembre, 1769 par S. E. le comte Moszynsky Stolnik de la Couronne, et qu'il a présenté au Roy [c. 1770] Above the title is written 'Vom herrn Oberste von Bacozi'. Pp. 8, 9 contain a description in German of a 'Tinctura metallica et medicina universalis'., 9 pp. + 3 bl. ll. 4to. 221/2 x 171/2 cm.

2. Cent vingt et neuf Propositions tirées de Geber et de Lullius propres à donner l'intelligence des livres d'un auteur inconnu, 1753, 8 ll. 4to. 22 x 161/2 cm..

3. Descrizione di un Canonico di S. Petrino (Verona?) del recupero miracoloso per opera di S. Filomena, della salute alla moribonda Signora CarboniThe date 1838 is found on the verso of the fourth leaf. A Doctor Bertolazzi is mentioned in the text, who according to Callisen, practised at Verona at this period., c. 1840, 6 ll. folio. 30 x 201/2 cm..

4. Erfahrungen und Aufschlüsse Über das wirkliche Besthen einer Universal Medizin aus dem Golde, und was in Medizinischer Hindsicht von einen sogennaten Auro potabili vero und dem philosophischen Goldsalze zu erwarten seye. A fragment containing the incomplete 'Einleitung' only., c. 1785, 6 ll. 8vo. 22 x 14 cm..

5. Essai sur la Découverte du Magnétisme animal, 1784, 9 pp. + 1 l. folio. 311/2 x 201/2 cm.. Penultimate leaf torn. The title written on the verso of the last leaf is by the hand of Simon Mialle [1786- ].

6. Flower, L. N.. Phrenological character of John Todd. On the upper cover are lithographed portraits of Franz Josef Gall [1758-1828], Johann Gaspar Spurzheim [1776-1832] and Andrew Combe [1797-1847]. Probably writen by a copyist. Produced in Huddersfield., 1860, 9 ll. 8vo. 21 x 13 cm. Paper covers, unbound. Written on the rectors only.

7. Introduction à la philosophie hermétique...Trevoux, 1720. A fragment containing the 'Explication des Figures du Juif d'après la description de Nicolas Flamel' only., 4 ll. 8vo. 181/2 x 121/2 cm.. Paper covers. Written in red and black.

8. Magic. Fragment of a collection of notes on fortune-telling, magical prayers, invocations, etc. On the fifth leaf there is a pen-drawing in red and black of an amulet., c. 1785, 8 ll. 8vo. 181/2 x 121/2 cm..

9. Souza, de Chevalier. Pour opérer sur les lotteries Written in the form of a letter (3 pp.), signed 'Le Chevalier de Souza': the remaining pages contain tables of numbers. On p. 2 is a mention of 'La derniere Extraction de Décembre 1782'. Signature of 'H[enry] D[awson] Lea, 1832' on the upper margin of p. 1., 11 pp. folio. 341/2 x 22 cm.. Torn at the folds and repaired.

10. Von Kraft und Tugend des gerechten Allermanns Hartnisch Vurzl. Notes on the magical and medicinal virtues of Garlic, 'Gembsvurzl oder Kugel' (Globularia alypum, Turpeth), and 'Sankt Johannisvurzl' (Hypericum, St. John's-wort)., c. 1750, 6 ll. 4to. 20 x 16 cm..

c. 1750-1860

1 volume v.s. Unbound.

Purchased between 1908 and 1930. Item 1 was purchased in 1930 (accession 66383); item 3 was purchased in 1908 (accession 95813); item 4 was purchased in 1910 (accession 21080); item 7 was purchased in 1912 (accession 30307); item 9 was purchased in 1930 (accession 63137A); item 10 was purchased in 1908 (accession 21060)

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).