Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae [2nd half of the 16th century]


Title Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae
Origin England
Date 2nd half of the 16th century
Language Latin, English, Greek
Script Humanistic cursive

Provenance
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. i).
Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753.


Select bibliography
Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts: Sloane 1091-1598 (London: British Museum unpublished manuscript of unedited descriptions, 1873), no. 1171 [available in The British Library Manuscripts Reading Room].