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Traité du lapis des philosophes

by Gaston Duclos, Jacques Le Tesson & Philippe de Rouillhac

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: French
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Traditions: Alchemy and Hermeticism

Subjects: History, Early works to 1800, Alchemy, Chemistry

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  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

141 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 164 x 110 (140 x 85) mm bound to 173 x 123 mm; Binding: Contemporary calf.; Decoration: Illustration of chemical apparatus (f. 30v).; Foliation: Paper, iii (contemporary paper) + 141 + iii (contemporary paper); [1-141]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Partial contemporary pagination in ink, 211-403, upper outer corners.; French.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in France before 1778 (date on bookplate).; Script: Written in a cursive script by two hands, different paper begins on f. 46, with pencilled notes in another hand, and a description of the first work, attributed to Philippe de Rouillhac, written in a later hand on f. 1.; Table of contents: 1. f.2r-21r: Traité du lapis des philosophes -- 2. f.22r-43r: Commentaire sur le lapis des philosophes...par le S[ieu]r [Gaston] Duclos -- 3. f.46r-71v: Oeuvre du cyon verd...par Jacques le Tesson -- 4. f.72r-111r: Deuxième dialogue sur la conduite des philosophes ou le grand cheriacque des philosophes par Jacques le Tesson, [and] Sommaire de la précédente conduite en forme de pratique -- 5. f.111v-141r: [Troisièm]e traité de Tesson.; Titles from headings.

1740/1778—French—Public download

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  • ark:/81431/p3gm81q1w

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Cataloging notes

  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9915809703503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 516
  • Provenance: Acquired, 1967.; Printed bookplate, Derieu, with ms. date 1778 (f. 1v).
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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