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Dell'elixir vitae

by Donato d'Eremita & Secondino Roncagliolo

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  • 17th century
  • Language: Italian
  • Content type: Primary source
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12 unnumbered pages, 182 pages, 19 leaves of plates : folio (30 cm) Signatures: [maltese cross]6 A-H2 I-V4 X2 Y-2B4 2C-2G2(-2G2) Errata: p. 182 Author further identified on p. [9] as Fra Donato d'Eremita di Rocca d'Evandro dell'ordine di San Domenico Decorative initials and head-pieces; text printed within double frame of rules Illustrations: 20 engravings, including historiated engraved t.p. Each of the 19 plates, bound in at the end, consists of an engraving showing distillation or other process and requisite equipment, an engraved description below and one of the five different elaborately engraved architectural frames on the other three sides. The border on plates 2, 5, 9, 13 and 17 contains the author's name and device, giving rise to the speculation that he may have executed the illustrations Includes: Tavola delle varie infirmata, secondo il linguaggio Arabica, Greco, e Latina, p. 133-166; Tavola de gli scrittori di medicina e di chirugia Arabi, Greco, Latini, e Italiani, p. 166-168; and Osservazioni intorno a' semplici della ricetta dell'elixir vitae, p. 169-181

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  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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1624In Napoli : Per Secondino Roncagliolo; Per Secondino RoncaglioloItalian—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
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