A brief treatise of a booke called Speculum univers or, Universall mirror. [ca. 1600]

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A brief treatise of a booke called Speculum univers or, Universall mirror. [ca. 1600]

Autograph notebook in the hand of John Selden, containing one short list of 8 Theses, maintained on January 2, 1600, and a transcription of a short alchemical/mystical work called the Speculum universai, or, Universall mirror. This text also exists as Ashmole 1392 in the Bodleian Library and Wellcome 147 at the Wellcome Library.

[28] p., bound ; 17 cm.

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Selden, John, 1584-1654

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John Selden (1584-1654) was a lawyer, parliamentarian and a scholar. His De Diis Syris (1617) established his credentials as an orientalist, which were consolidated by his later studies in rabbinical law. Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Oriental manuscripts of John Selden, 13th-17th century, (University of Oxford, Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library) English jurist. From the description of...