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Libellus dialogorum; sive, Colloquia, nonnullorum hermeticae medicinae, ac tincturae universalis studiosorum, in gratiam eorum, qui hermeticam philosophiam amplectuntur, conscripta & edita, studio & labore Joh. Rudolphi Glauberi

Catalog Data

Author:
Glauber, Johann Rudolf 1604-1670  Search this
Publisher:
Jansson, Jan 1588-1664  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
91, [5] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : diagram ; 16 cm (8vo)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Early works
Date:
1663
Notes:
Vignette on title page; tail-pieces.
Page 33 is misnumbered as 13.
Signatures: A-F⁸ (leaves F7 and F8 are blank).
Translation of: Libellus dialogorum, oder Gespräch-buchlein.
Parkinson, E.M. Catalogue of medical books in Manchester University Library, 1480-1700, 1026
Catalogue of seventeenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine, 4793
SCDIRB copy (barcode H90157) is no. 5 in a volume containing seven works authored by Glauber, with binder's title: Glauberum.
SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner.
SCDIRB copy of the plate has the top edge of the plate cropped, slightly affecting the caption and image.
SCDIRB copy has a contemporary gilt-tooled full leather binding with raised bands, and brown and red spattered edges. There are a few handwritten annotations on the endpapers and in the margins of the text.The blank leaves (F7 and F8) are present.
Topic:
Alchemy  Search this
Hermetism  Search this
Call number:
RM666.G7 G55 L1651
RM666.G7 G5 1651X
RM666.G7G55 L1651
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_90157