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Hadriani a Mynsicht, medici Germani praestantissimi, Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum

In quo selectissimorum contra quosuis morbos pharmacorum conficiendorum secretissima ratio aperitur, vnà cum eorumdem virtute, vsu, & dosi. Cui in fine adiunctum est Testamentum Hadrianeum de aureo philosophorum lapide

by Adrian von Mynsicht

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source

"Thesavri et armamentarii medico-chymici appendix philiosophico-poëtica, videlicet; Testamentvm Hadrianevm. Qvo svam de avreo philosophorum lapide sententiam, adeóque vltimae voluntatis suae dispositionem, sapientiae & doctrinae filiis reuelat author", p. [469]-490, has divisional title page, and is a long poem on the philosopher's stone Includes numerous articles on plants from the New World such as tobacco, quinine, guaiacum, sassafras, and Peruvian balsam Signatures: ã⁸ (ã1 verso blank) ẽ⁸ ĩ⁴ A-2M⁸ (F3 missigned F5) (2G3 verso, 2M8 blank) Includes index Title page printed in red and black; engraved vignette of angels with an armillary sphere on title page; head and tail pieces; initials Catalogue of seventeenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary paper covered boards John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Bloomingdale Fund Imprint 1641

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Demonology, angelology, and possession.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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  • Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the description.

    • Angels· in description

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In quo selectissimorum contra quosuis morbos pharmacorum conficiendorum secretissima ratio aperitur, vnà cum eorumdem virtute, vsu, & dosi. Cui in fine adiunctum est Testamentum Hadrianeum de aureo philosophorum lapide

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1641Lugduni [Lyon]. : Sumpt. Ioan Antonii Huguetan, viâ Mercatoriâ, ad insigne sphaerae.; Sumpt. Ioan Antonii Huguetan, viâ Mercatoriâ, ad insigne sphaerae.LatinPublic

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  • Contributing institution: John Carter Brown Library
  • Digitization sponsor: John Carter Brown Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
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