M0011859: Reproduction of a page showing "chymicall characters" or chemical symbols in use during 17th century from Moses Charas' The royal pharmacopoea, Galencial and chymical, according to the practice of the most eminent and learned physitians of France, 1678

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/105/60

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0011799-M0011901WT/D/1/20/1/105
        M0011859: Reproduction of a page showing "chymicall characters" or chemical symbols in use during 17th century from Moses Charas' The royal pharmacopoea, Galencial and chymical, according to the practice of the most eminent and learned physitians of France, 1678WT/D/1/20/1/105/60

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Chemical symbols in use during 17th c.

Description

Reproduction of a page showing "chymicall characters" or chemical or alchemical symbols in use during 17th century from Charas, Moyse (1619-1698): The royal pharmacopoea, Galencial and chymical, according to the practice of the most eminent and learned physitians of France London : Printed for J. Starkey and M. Pitt, 1678.

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative.

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.