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Dell' elixir vitae
- 1624
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Donato d’Eremita
Naples: Secondino Roncagliolo, 1624
- 31 cm H
- In the Edelstein Rare Book Room
- Douglas A. Lockard
- Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library
- b10332674
Description
Brother Donato, apothecary at the monastery of Santa Caterina, wrote this gorgeously illustrated book on the "Elixir of Life", i.e. distilled alchohol, still known as "aqua vitae".