Theodori Kerckringii doctoris medici Commentarius in Currum triumphalem antimonii Basilii Valentini, à se latinitate donatum

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

159 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 150 x 95 (128 x 70) mm bound to 157 x 114 mm; Binding: Modern cloth over cardboard by Eberhardt, 1961 (note, end flyleaf); due to tightness of binding, some text is in the gutter.; Decoration: 7 pen-and-ink illustrations, comprising the half title vignette, with the title Currus triumphalis antimonii and attribution Romijn de Hooghe fecit 1671 (p. viii); title-page vignette copying the title page of a printed book (p. 1); and five illustrations in the text of chemical apparatus (p. 161, 187, 197, 243, 252). The illustrations are on pieces of slightly darker paper pasted into the manuscript. The text is in a black ink; the commentary is in a lighter red or brown ink that has faded in many places, sometimes to the point of illegibility. Underlining, marginal headings, and symbols keyed to the commentary in the text are in the same faded red or brown ink.; Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.; Latin, with occasional words in Greek (for example, p. 175).; Layout: Written in 24 long lines.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Possibly written in Amsterdam, ca. 1671 (based on title page copied from printed edition, p. 1).; Pagination: Paper, i (modern) + 159 + i (modern) leaves; [i-viii], 1-288, [289-310], contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand.; Title from title page (p. 1); half title Currus triumphalis antimonii (p. vii).