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[Alchemical-pharmaceutical notebook]

by Federico Gualdi

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Languages: French, Italian, Latin, Spanish
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Contains remedies, experiments and extracts on "poudre universelle" (f. 12v); "misterio filosofico della segreta preparatione della pietra, e nella materia del sale" (f. 35v); "nitro detonato e conservato" (f. 64v); etc. Also includes more extensive sections toward the end: "Opus Photum a Friderico Gualdi descriptum" (f. 81r-92r); "La Manière de faire le sel et soulphre d'antimoine" (f. 93r-95r); "Metodo occultissima all'universal medicina" (f. 107r-109v); etc. Also includes a second set of notes beginning from the opposite end of the manuscript, among them a "Sonetto di Federigo Gualdi." This section begins imperfectly, since there is a stub after f. 133 and some text appears to be lost. Folios 66v-94v and 105r-106v are blank. There are stubs after f. 114, 129 and 133.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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133 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 143 x 99 mm bound to 140 x 97 mm; Binding: 18th-century Italian limp vellum with decorative sewing on spine. Vellum cover cracked and split. First quire slightly loose; last quire very loose.; Collation: Paper, 133; 1¹⁸, 2-5²⁰, 6²⁰(-3), 7²⁰(-2); [1-133]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. There are traces of earlier foliation in different sections, indicating that this manuscript was originally part of one or more larger codices; Decoration: Several small diagrams (f. 29v, 58v, 95v).; French, with some Italian, Spanish and Latin.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Italy in the 18th century[?]. Earliest date found is 1739 (f. 117r); latest date found is 1771 (f. 129r).; Script: Written in a cursive script by several hands.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).

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  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9915805423503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 126
  • Provenance: Acquired, 1965.
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