Scribonius, Wilhelm Adolf, fl 1576-1583 (philosopher)
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Dates
- Existence: fl 1576 - 1583
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Tracts on natural philosophy and alchemy, including the 'Crowning of Nature', c 1631
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Gg.01.08
Scope and Contents
(1) ‘Naturall philosophy, or a description of the world and of the severall creatures therein contained’. ‘These little leaves the world’s huge load sustain / And what besides the great world can contain’. A translation of Wilhelm Adolf Scribonius's Rerum naturalium doctrina methodica by Daniel Widdowes, alias Woodhouse. (2) The Crown of Nature; this consists of 68 allegorical illustrations of the different stages in the processes of alchemy; the first in an adaptation of an ophite emblem;...
Dates:
c 1631
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