Manuscript on paper of a collection of writings by Paracelsus, speudonym of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast ab Hohenheim, 1493-1541, compiled by the pharmacist Georgius Schrotter in 1676.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth-century boards with rough calf back, worn, defective, and repaired, plain edges, probably an American binding., Mellon MS 159, acquired from Laurence Witten (bookseller), New Haven. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965., Script: Calligraphically written in a variety of scripts, most of the text in a skillful Fraktur, by a single hand except for a few later additions., Watermarks: Paper watermarked with a tall, thin pot with a single handle, plain and very crude, not identified., and Written in German with Latin headings and some cryptic writing. The ink, mostly very dark, has often bled into the paper and has sometimes had a corrosive effect.
Subject (Name):
Paracelsus,--1493-1541
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800 and Medicine--Early works
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1542-1967
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 266
Image Count:
1
Description:
1 p. ; 22 x 18 cm. Signed: G. In Goethe's handwriting, with note in upper left hand corner in another hand: "Von Göthen, als er wollte, dass ich den Artikel über die Aufführung des Hamlets[?] unterdrücken sollte." In upper right hand corner: "79" -- i.e. 1779?
"Cum privilegio ad decennium.", Appears in C. and J. Blaeu's Novus atlas of 1641-1642, J. Blaeu's Novus atlas of, Includes col. ill. of ships, monsters, etc., and of African peoples and 9 city views in border., Signature on verso: A., and Title on verso: Africa.
Hand col. Sheet measures 24 x 20.5 cm. Cross Collection no. 118., Relief shown pictorially., and Text in upper left hand corner of map "aus America holt man: Gold, Silber Kupfer, Perlen, Corallen, Diamanten, Cacao, Caffee, Tobac, Zucker, Reis, Baumwolle, Seide, Ingwer, Indigo, Cochenille, Faeberholz, Bauholz, Viehaeute, Pelzwerke, Stockfisch".
Title from item., Print is a frontispiece to a work by Johann Daniel Mylius published in 1628., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Sumptibus Lucae Jennis I
Subject (Name):
Mylius, Johann Daniel, 1585 or 1586-.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Rulers, Moon, Sun, Zodiac, Lions, and Allegories
Title from item., Place of publication derived from language of text., Date supplied by curator., Below image at right: 5., Title is followed by four lines of verse about the inevitability of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Mortality, Scales, Medicines, Pharmacists, and Drugstores
Cards imperfect: partial loss of text due to worming, Ex libris: Ex libris J. W. Rimington Wilson; Captain H. E. Rimington Wilson, Hand colored illustrations, Imperfect: front wrapper mutilated, back wrapper wanting; partial loss of title page, running title, pagination due to trimming., and Title and imprint from accompanying volume.
Publisher:
In Verlegung Wolfgang Mortiz Endters und Johann Andreas Seel. Erben