Alchemy, miscellany

  • Poisson, Albert, 1868-1894
Date:
c. 1890
Reference:
MS.3940
Part of:
Poisson, Albert (1868-1894)
  • Archives and manuscripts

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About this work

Description

Mélanges alchimiques. Notes diverses. Author's holograph MSS. Illustrated with a few rough pen-drawings of symbolic figures, etc. The first folder contains notes and extracts on the constitution of matter, alchemical notes and extracts, and fragments of two short stories on occult themes. The second folder consists mainly of extracts and notes from alchemical books and MSS. Produced in Paris.

Publication/Creation

c. 1890

Physical description

1 volume 37 ll., 40 ll. v.s. Unbound in folders.

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Acquisition note

Purchased at Sotheby's (Hauser Sale) 18/4/1934, Lot 453 (part).

Ownership note

From the Library of Lionel Hauser of Paris, with his press-mark label 'L.H.61'.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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Accession number

  • 66638E