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 Young Collection            [list of titles in this collection]


Description

 contains books and manuscripts on alchemy and early science dating from the 15th to the 19th century, plus modern support material and reprints. Mainly German and Latin texts, the collection includes one incunabulum dating from 1490 and one manuscript c.1450. Many items are extremely rare and valuable.
The collection is listed in a printed bibliography, Bibliotheca Chemica (2v, 1906), by John Ferguson. Copies of the bibliography are available for purchase from the Library.
  Illustration from Atalanta fugiens, hoc est, Emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica Illustration from Atalanta fugiens, hoc est, Emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica Illustration from Tripus aureus, hoc est, Tres tractatus chymici selectissimi

Origin

 donated by James "Paraffin" Young (1811-1883) to support the Young Chair of Technical Chemistry.

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