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Ref NoDEP/ERG/1/6/3
Acc No2013/89
TitleAlchemical manuscripts of George Erskine: [Breath of Life] Menasseh Ben Israel Libri Quatuor de Immortalitate Animae
Datelate 17th century
TermAlchemy
Description Of ItemThe title is given in Hebrew which McCallum translates as the Breath of Life. The work was written in 1651 (after Erskine's death) and dedicated to Ferdinando III Augustisso Romanorum Imperatori [Holy Roman Emperor 1608-1657]. It has been bound into the volume in reverse according to Hebraic tradition. The tract consists of summaries of four books by chapter in numbered paragraphs. Pages 37-56.
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