Roman numeral date in imprint made with backwards C's

Udenius was the pseudonym of Georg Wolffgang Wedel

"Non-entia chymica", p. [95]-176, has divisional title page

"Utis Udenii Non-entia chymica, sive Catalogus eorum operum, operationumque chymicarum, quae, cum non sint in rerum natura, nec esse possint, magno tamen cum strepitu à vulgo chymicorum passim circumferuntur, & orbi obtruduntur", p. [99]-140, has separate divisional title page, and is a reprinting of Non-entia chymica, which was first printed in Frankfurt am Main, 1606

"Guerneri Rolfincii, Chimiae in artis formam redactae, liber VI", p. [141]-176, has separate caption title, and is a reprinting of book 6 of Chimiae in artis formam redactae, which was first printed in Jena, 1669

Elsholtz's work includes several references to drugs from the Americas mentioning their origins in Brazil, Mexico, and the Guianas. He also cites Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus / by Francisco Hernandez, which was first printed in Rome, 1628

Signatures: A⁶ (A1, A2, and A3 missigned A2, A3, and A4) (A1 verso blank) ²A⁸ B-L⁸ (F8 verso blank)

Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head pieces; initials

NLM. 17th century

Sallander, H. Bib. Walleriana

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in modern full calf

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the JCB Associates and Caspersen Funds

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Marcus Crahan: ornamental bookplate on front pastedown

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