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., and 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.
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, and Metallurgy--Early works to 1800
This rare introduction to the chemistry of dyes includes 153 mounted color samples. F. F. Runge (1795-1867) was dubbed "Dr. Poison" (Doktor Gift) by his fellow medical students at Jena because of his research on poisonous plants. Runge earned a second doctorate, in chemistry, from Berlin, and went on to a career as director of a chemical factory in Oranienburg. He was the first to isolate phenol and aniline from coal tar and showed how synthetic dyes could be made from these compounds, an accomplishment that made him a significant figure in the economic history of Germany. While he was still a student in Jena, Runge isolated caffeine for the first time, and it is said that Goethe gave him the coffee beans for this experiment. Runge was also the first to isolate quinine.
Description:
Mounted dyed fabric squares throughout text illustrate chemical reactions. and Possibly imperfect: Some illustrations appear to want corresponding dyed squares.
Publisher:
Verlag der Sanderschen Buchhandlung (C.W. Eichhoff.)
Subject (Topic):
Chemical reaction, Conditions and laws of, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Technical, and Dyes and dyeing --Chemistry
Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, oder, Abriss der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten
Image Count:
1
Description:
Facing p. 144.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Relations --United States, New York (N.Y.) --History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --British forces, United States --History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Peace, and United States --Relations --Great Britain
Erhardi VVeigelii, Mathem. Prof. Publ., Speculum terrae and Erhardi VVeigelii, Mathem. Prof. Publ., Speculum terrae, das ist, Erd-Spiegel : darinnen der Erd Creiss nach seinen Eigenschafften an Land und Wasser : nach denen Voelckern und Einwohnern
Description:
Free front endpaper trimmed at top, leaving undeciphered manuscript fragment (autograph?). and Page 166 incorrectly printed as 199.
Publisher:
In Verlegung Thomas Matthias Goetzen, druckts Samuel Krebs
Subject (Topic):
Comets --1665, Comets --Early works to 1800, and Earth --Early works to 1800