AUTHOR: FEDERICO GUALDI

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN

DATE: 1790

PAGE #: 110

REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS: 11.25 X 8.75 IN

HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: THIS MANUSCRIPT WAS WRITTEN BY FEDERICO GUALDI AND CONSISTS OF HIS NOTES ON ALCHEMY. THERE ARE TWO DIVERSE CRYPTIC ALCHEMIES, THEY ARE WRITTEN BY ONE COPYIST AND LINKED BY TWO SERIES OF ALCHEMICAL EMBLEMS. THE FIRST TEXT, PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA, IN ITALIAN VERSE, IS LINKED TO FEDERICO HUALDI. THE SECOND TEXT, COMPENDIOLUM DE PRAEPARATIONE AURI POTABILIS VERI, IS ATTRIBUTED TO MARCUS UGENIUS BONACINA.

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