Extractus: selectissimarum rerum chymicarum, Joannis Bapt. Helmontii ab Helmond, insignis ac subtilissimi philosophi adepti lectu utilissmus circa 1645-1799

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Extractus: selectissimarum rerum chymicarum, Joannis Bapt. Helmontii ab Helmond, insignis ac subtilissimi philosophi adepti lectu utilissmus circa 1645-1799

MS 118


Collection Summary
Creator:	Helmont, Jean Baptiste van, 1577-1644.
Collection Name:	Extractus: selectissimarum rerum chymicarum, Joannis Bapt. Helmontii ab Helmond, insignis ac subtilissimi philosophi adepti lectu utilissmus
Inclusive Dates:	circa 1645-1799
Physical Description:	.1 linear feet
Abstract:	The 405 extracts, by an unknown compiler, are from the chemical writings of Helmont. The pen-and-ink manuscript is in one hand. It is undated, but the introductory biography section notes Helmont's death date, thus the compilation must be after 1644; perhaps even sometime from the 18th century.
Collection Number:	MS 118
Language:	Materials are in Latin.
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

Flemish physician and chemist who attempted to construct a natural philosophical system based on chemical concepts; also developed the concept of gas.

Scope and Content Note

The 405 extracts, by an unknown compiler, are from the chemical writings of Helmont. The pen-and-ink manuscript is in one hand. It is undated, but the introductory biography section notes Helmont's death date, thus the compilation must be after 1644; perhaps even sometime from the 18th century.

Bound with marbled end papers in the "placard" pattern, popular from the late 17th century to the mid-18th century.

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Personal Name(s)

Helmont, Jean Baptiste van, 1577-1644.

Subject(s)

Chemistry -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century.

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Extractus: selectissimarum rerum chymicarum, Joannis Bapt. Helmontii ab Helmond, insignis ac subtilissimi philosophi adepti lectu utilissmus (MS 118). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

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