Dell'elixir vitæ

Title Variants

Alternative: Dell'elixir vitae

By

Donato d'Eremita.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

In Napoli, Per Secondino Roncagliolo, 1624

Notes

Author further identified on preliminary page 7 as Fra Donato d'Eremita di Rocca d'Evandro dell'Ordine di San Domenico.

Duveen, D.L. Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica, | 176

Ferchl, F. Pictorial history of chemistry, | p. 94, 97

Illustrations: 20 engravings, including historiated t.p. Each of the 19 plates, bound in at the end, consists of an engraving showing distillation or other process and requisite equipment, an engraved description below and one of the five different elaborately engraved architectural frames on the other three sides. The border on plates 2, 5, 9, 13 and 17 contains the author's name and device, giving rise to the speculation that he may have executed the illustrations. Includes floreated initials and an array of tailpieces. Text is set within a frame line, and within a greater frame containing in the margins printed glosses.

Includes: Tavola delle varie infirmata, secondo il linguaggio Arabica, Greco, e Latina, p. 133-166; Tavola de gli scrittori di medicina e di chirugia Arabi, Greco, Latini, e Italiani, p. 166-168; and

Errori occorsi nello stampare, p. 182.

Signatures: maltese cross,A-H²I-ZAa-BbCc-Gg²last page missing?

Subjects

17th century , Alchemy , Distillation , Early works to 1800 , Elixir of life , Engravings , Equipment and supplies , Formulae, receipts, prescriptions , Italy , Medicinal plants , Medicine , Pictorial works , Recipes , Workshop recipes

Call Number

QD26.5 E4.D6 1624

Language

Italian

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46881
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51462854