Ayton, William Alexander (1817-1909)

  • Ayton, William Alexander, 1817-1909.
Date:
c. 1875
Reference:
MS.1027
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Ayton, William Alexander (1817-1909). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Transcripts of translations by Sigismond Bacstrom of seven short German works on alchemy. These are followed by a transcript of Samuel Norton's 'Key to Alchemy', 1577, perhaps from MS. Ashmole 1421 (26) (27). The frontispiece contains water-colour drawings of 'Apparatus to attract the Lunar Humidity': at the beginning of Norton's work (p. 163) is a pen-drawn copy of the 'Tree of Alchemy', and on p. 194 copies of small illustrations of alchemical apparatus, and at the end copies of the drawings of the six furnaces. Ayton's own magical sigil is stamped on many of the leaves.

Publication/Creation

c. 1875

Physical description

1 volume 339 pp. + 3 bl. ll. 4to. 23 x 18 cm. Original vellum binding. Headings, etc. underlined in red: text within red rules.

Acquisition note

Purchased at Hodgson's 26/10/1934, Lot 798 (part).

Location of duplicates

This material has been digitised and can be freely accessed online through Wellcome Collection catalogue.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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From the Julius Kohn Library.

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  • 66935