Manly Palmer Hall collection of alchemical manuscripts, circa 1500-1825.

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Manly Palmer Hall collection of alchemical manuscripts, circa 1500-1825.

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Bound in 68 vols., 243 manuscripts on the subjects of alchemy, hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, and related arts. The collection includes most notably: a 16th century Ripley scroll combining painted illustration with an alchemical poem by Ripley; a 17th century French manuscript copy of Michael Maier's "Atalanta fugiens"; a collection of emblematic and mystical drawings and illuminations after Jacob Böhme; an 18th century Pennsylvania Dutch manuscript of Rosicrucian cosmological charts and symbolical images; an 18 volume collection of manuscripts, most translated into English and named after 18th century Dutch Rosicrucian Dr. Sigismond Bacstrom; a collection of 30 manuscripts bound in one volume, reputed to have come from the library of Count Cagliostro; two triangular masonic manuscripts; an early 17th century illuminated Neapolitan manuscript charting the search for the philosopher's stone.

(7.5 linear ft.)

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Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990

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Biographical/Historical Note Manley Hall was born in 1901,in Peterborough, Canada, to William S. and Louise Palmer Hall. The Hall family moved to the United States in 1904 and lived for a time in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Manly Hall settled in Los Angeles in 1919. As a young man he became interested in occult matters. He subsequently joined a number of societies, among them the Theosophical Society, the Freemasons, the Societas R...

Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795

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Italian imposter (real name, Giuseppe Balsamo). From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : to his wife (Lorenza Feliciani), [1786?] Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132745 Epithet: Conte di British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x0003cd ...

Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624

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Jacob Böhme (1575-1624) was a German theosophist and mystic who lived near Gorlitz, Prussia. His philosophy was concerned with evil and the dualism of God. From the description of Manuscript transcript, ca. 1700-1800. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378759 Jacob Böhme (1575-1624) was a German theosophist and mystic who lived near Gorlitz, Prussia. His philosophy was concerned with evil and the dualism of God. From the guide to the Manuscript tr...

Bacstrom, Sigismond

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Ripley, George, d. 1490?

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Maier, Michael, 1568-1622

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