Alchemical installation
Date
ca.early 17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p395v
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 210mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Description
Alchemical installation with four vessels and alembic, in a text on questions about the art of transmutation.
These drawings and texts are part of a collection of treatises on alchemy, physical and mathematical sciences for 'Count Guido', entitled 'Libro varissimo del Conte Guido di materie Fisicke & Mathematicke', dated before 1650.
The manuscript was presented to the Royal Society in 1947 by the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.
These drawings and texts are part of a collection of treatises on alchemy, physical and mathematical sciences for 'Count Guido', entitled 'Libro varissimo del Conte Guido di materie Fisicke & Mathematicke', dated before 1650.
The manuscript was presented to the Royal Society in 1947 by the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.
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