| Description |
[8], 141, [3] p. (or [8], 140, [4] p.), [1] folded leaf of letterpress : ill. (woodcuts), genealogical table ; 21 cm (4to) |
| Content |
text txt |
| Media |
unmediated n |
| Carrier |
volume nc |
| Note |
Date precedes printer on title page; "M" and "D" composed with turned c's. |
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Title page found in two states, with or without the line "Juridico-philosophica"; the space left by the omission is closed up, but the titles are otherwise identical, printed from the same setting of type. |
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VD17 includes 4 separate records for combinations of the variant titles and pagination, also noting unspecified textual variants ("anderer Text") in gathering S (p. 137-[144]). |
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Includes woodcuts of 9 medals struck to commemorate transmutations. |
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The folded leaf contains a genealogical table of the dedicatee, Frederick, hereditary duke of Norway, etc., later Frederick IV, King of Denmark and Norway. |
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This work is discussed and extensively quoted in Henry Carrington Bolton, Contributions of alchemy to numismatics (New York, 1890; repr. from American journal of numismatics, v. 24, p. 73-83, v. 25, p. 1-16). |
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Signatures: 4to:)(⁴ A-S⁴ [$3 ( -B3) signed] |
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Pagination: 76 leaves, pp. [8 unn.] [1] 2-141 [142-144] [variant: 141 not numbered] |
| Indexed In |
VD17 1:067756Y |
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VD17 7:701222R |
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VD17 12:136663Q |
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VD17 32:685027K |
| Gift |
Allen G. Debus Collection, 2016. |
| Local Note |
Debus copy contains bookplate of William Wrixon Leycester on pastedown. |
| Subject(s) |
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
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Medals -- Early works to 1800.
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| Alternate Author |
Frederick IV, King of Denmark and Norway, 1671-1730. Dedicatee.
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| Alternate Title |
Juridico-philosophica dissertatio de nummis quibusdam ex chymico metallo factis |
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Dissertatio de nummis quibusdam ex chymico metallo factis |
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