Anthology of essays on astrology, palmistry, medicine, etc [manuscript], ca. 1700.
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Title
Anthology of essays on astrology, palmistry, medicine, etc [manuscript], ca. 1700.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book, ca. 1700
Description
1 v. : ills.
Scope and content
Contents: (1) [How to find water and minerals by using a divining-rod]. (2) Astrologia ò sian regole diverse per fare diversi horologii ... (3) Astrologia circa li delineamenti della mano ... (4) Sfèra celeste. (5) Segreti e rimedii diversi appropriati ad'alcune infermitá. These "segreti" include directions for certain kinds of writing and illumination and for certain household skills such as dyeing. Includes sketches, diagrams and tables. List of mss tipped in at back.
Language Note
In Italian.
Note
1-20; 1-56; [2] 47-82; [4] 1-12, 9-10, 13-14 [4] ; [2] 1-16 p.
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Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Fortune (catalog entry 112)
Item Details
Call number
W.a.341
Folger accession
MS Add. 519