On the first editions of the chemical writings of Democritus and Synesius / by John Ferguson.

  • John Ferguson
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[1884]
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Credit: On the first editions of the chemical writings of Democritus and Synesius / by John Ferguson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Collation2 recto: De MizalcU | Arcaiiis, Nec Non | Clraecis in Demo j critvm, Ceteris- 1 qiie, Cheiniae scripto- | ribus, | Preefatio, j Ad Clar- issimvm No- j bilitate, doctrina, prudentiaqiie virum, [ Thoinam Redingervm | Silesivm. | This preface ends on f. 32 r. with the words: comparatnr, Calen- nia. Vale. (•••) I dis Martijs. M.D. | LXXII. \bio- | rum Colo- followed hy a scroll ornament. On /. 32 v. begins Index Kervm, tvhich ends on f. 51 v. Then follows f 52 r. Praefationis errores incvria ad- [ missos, sic corrige. | ending J. 52 v. Ff. 53 and 55 arc blank. This ends the introductory matter ichich is not numbered. The text of MizalduF treatise then begins on leaf A^f. /, and goes down to the recto of f. 212. Verso is blank. F. 213 contains the title to the chemical tracts as follows:— Ex I V^enerandjB Grtecje vetiistatis de ar- | te Chymica, relliquijsf^sicy. ] Democritvs j Abderyta, De Arte ] vSacra: Sive, De Kebvs i natnralibus &my- I sticis i Necnon j Synesij, & Pelagij, Antiquorum | Fliiloso- phorum: in eundem, ] Commentaria. j Interprete j Dominico Pizimentio Vibo- ! liens, Italo. Small scroll ornament. F. 213 verso is blank. F. 214 recto contains Pizimenti's preface^ which ends f 218 recto with the icords: Stepbani Alexandrini, Olympiodori, | & Pelagii comentaria, in eundem | Democritum propediem ex- | pecta. Datum Pvomg. | Calend. Septemb. | M.D.LXX. j (•. •) [ The catchword is Ex. Thenf. 218 v. begins: De Pvebvs Na- | tvralibvs et My- | sticis Demo- I criti. j Natvra natura | gaudet: &c., ichich ends f. 227 verso: omisi, i cum libere in alijs etiam | meis scriptis pertractarim. j In hoc scripto I valete. i (•.•) F. 228 recto: Synesii Phi- | losophi ad Dio- | scorvm in Librvm | Democriti. I Scholia. I with a scroll ornament. It endsf. 238 verso. F 239 recto: Pelagii Philo- | sophi De Eadem | Divina, et Sacra 1 arte. | Ends f 245 verso. A blank leaf ends the volume. 0 Two things follow of necessity from this description: 1°, the Padua edition of 1573 cannot be the first, as Dr. Kopp with the materials at his command quite legitimately inferred; 2°, Dr. Kopp’s supposition that if there were an edition prior to that of Padua, 1573, it could not have been one of Pizimenti’s trans- lation, is disposed of by the statements on the title-pages. 9. Pursuing my researches still further, I found in the British Museum no copy gf the 1572 edition, but another printed also at Cologne by Birckmann, in the following year, 1573. I at first thought that this might be simply a re-issue of the remainder of the previous edition, with a new or re-dated title-page. On examination, however, I found this was not the case, but that it was a veritably now edition. As it is entirely unknown, and has
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