Philaletha, Eirenaeus & others

Commentarius in Menstruum Universale conficiendum et illius beneficio Lapidem Physicum, adjunctis glossis ad opus notabilibus nobilissimi Angli Styrchens alias Philalethae dicti et particularibus tincturis diversorum Authorum. In Latin and German, by several hands. (1) [Anon.] Tinctura Universalis Medicinalis et Metallurgica ex Regno Universali desumpta (13 ll.). (2) Kelleus (Adam). Opus Philosophicum Practicum nobilissimi Adami Kellei Orttenburgi communicavit legendum et Passavii describendum manu propria Doctoris Mylae (5 ll.). In Latin and German. (3) [Anon.] Ein anderer mein gutter freundt laborirte das Philaletische universall werckh also (3 ll.). In Latin. (4) [Anon] Commentarius rerum magis notabilium nobilissimi Angli Styrchens alias Philalethae cum aliquibus circumstantiis et cautionibus (13 ll.). (5) [Anon] Alia Philalethae explicatio (10 ll.). (6) Sole (Joannes de). Arcana Arcanorum in Solari Latino sermone semini suo ut Deo serviant proximoque beneficiant propria manu relicta ... Anno Domini 1589. Followed by other alchemical receipts, etc., some in German by a later hand (20 ll.).

Early 18th century

1 volume 2 ll. (first bl.) + 6 bl. ll. + 13 ll. (last bl.) + 5 ll. + 3 ll. (last bl.) + 13 ll. + 20 ll. + 28 bl. ll. 8vo. 141/2 × 9 cm. On vellum and paper. Original calf binding.

Purchased 1930.

Historiated book-plate of Dr. J. B. Holzinger pasted inside the upper cover.

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).