Treatise on the natural philosophy of chemical mixtures [manuscript] : manuscript , first quarter of the 17th century?.
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Title
Treatise on the natural philosophy of chemical mixtures [manuscript] : manuscript , first quarter of the 17th century?.
Variant title
Text begins: That all mist things are made of [the] chemicals
Dealer's title: Mistu[ram]
Dealer's title: Mistu[ram]
Produced
England?, first quarter of the 17th century?
Description
1 item (18 leaves) ; 12 x 8 cm
Summary
The author examines the nature of misturam (i.e., mixtures), Aristotle's theory of the four elements, and mixtures in light, odors, rainbows, meteors, rocks, metals, and minerals. The author also discusses astrology, plants, and magnetic properties and many of the same topics as Jean Bodin does in his Universae naturae theatrum.
Language Note
Text is primarily written in English with several leaves in Latin.
Note
Title devised by Folger cataloger.
Caption at top of first leaf: Mistu[ram].
Date range based on textual reference to Jean Bodin's Universae naturae theatrum published in 1596 (and therefore cannot have been written before this date) and the dealer's description, which notes that "the manuscript was removed by its previous owner from a volume containing a printed book dated 1613."
Foliated by Folger staff 2017.
Caption at top of first leaf: Mistu[ram].
Date range based on textual reference to Jean Bodin's Universae naturae theatrum published in 1596 (and therefore cannot have been written before this date) and the dealer's description, which notes that "the manuscript was removed by its previous owner from a volume containing a printed book dated 1613."
Foliated by Folger staff 2017.
Provenance
Acquired from Dean Byass (Armoury Athenaeum Part II Catalog 2017, item 7390), 2017-02-17.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Treatises.
Treatises.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- production place.
Item Details
Call number
X.d.765
Folger-specific note
Purchase made possible by The B. F. Saul Rare Book Acquisitions Fund.
Folger accession
270252