The book of quinte essence or the fifth being, that is to say, man's heaven : a tretice in englisch breuely drawe out of þe book of quintis essencijs in latyn, þat hermys þe prophete and kyng of Egipt, after þe flood of Noe, fadir of philosophris, hadde by reuelacioun of an aungil of god to him sende / edited from the Sloane MS. 73, about 1460-70 A.D. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

Hermes Trismegistus

Date:: 1866

Credit: The book of quinte essence or the fifth being, that is to say, man's heaven : a tretice in englisch breuely drawe out of þe book of quintis essencijs in latyn, þat hermys þe prophete and kyng of Egipt, after þe flood of Noe, fadir of philosophris, hadde by reuelacioun of an aungil of god to him sende / edited from the Sloane MS. 73, about 1460-70 A.D. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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