Ein kunstlich undt gerecht Probier Buechlein

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Title: Ein kunstlich undt gerecht Probier Buechlein
Creator: Oberlender, Andreas
Contributor: Oberlender, Andreas
Published / Created: 1532 and 1600 (copy)
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: A metallurgical experiment book of the type circulated among those interested in alchemy, mining, and metallurgy in the sixteenth century ...
Description: Binding: Original stiff parchment over paper boards, remnants of two thong ties on the upper cover, slits for similar ties, now missing, on the lower cover; front cover lettered in very faded gothic script, apparently by the scribe: "PROBIER BUCH | ANDREAS OBERLENDER | 1532 |". A title has also been supplied by a modern hand in old style on the backstrip. Plain edges.
Denis Duveen, acquired from Dr. Ernst Weil (bookseller), London, 1949; Mellon MS 104, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
Red inks used for tabular data and infrequent sketches of alchemical apparatus in the text.
Script: Written by a single copyist writing a practiced German secretary hand, partly in a modified Fraktur, partly in a more italic cursive, and occasionally (as in the title page) in a formal gothic script; a few additions at the end in a later hand.
Extent: ff. 148 : paper ; 175 x 145 (105 x 98) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German

Format: text
Genre: Illustrations
Manuscripts
Marginalia
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Oberlender, Andreas
Subject (Topic): Alchemy--Early works to 1800
German literature--Early modern, 1500-1700
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Marcasite
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Metallurgy--Early works to 1800

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Citation: Andreas Oberlender, Ein Kunstlich undt Gerecht Probier Buechlein. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Witten, Laurence C. and Pachella, Richard. Alchemy and the Occult: A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Paul and Mary Mellon. Volume Three: Manuscripts, Mellon MS 44.

Orbis Record: 9879784
Object ID (OID): 2056334
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mell044.htm