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British Library MS. Sloane 2173.
Paper. Folio. 86 folios. 17th Century.
Alchymical observations and extracts chiefly from the works of Roger Bacon, Raymund Lully, and Sir George Ripley; they are entitled, 'A book of Alchymy etc. Dive Leshe, a Polonian.' [Michael Sendivogius.] Amongst them however may be noticed the following:-
1. An alchymical treatise entitled, 'The composition of the two elixers [Moon] and [Sun] and the composition of the great elixir' etc. ff.26-34.
Begins: 'take great bay salt as it is made out of the sea.'
2. An alchymical tract.
Begins: 'Hermes sayeth it is a true thing.' ff.59-62.
Reversing the volume:-
3. A short treatise on Alchymy. [Imperfect.] ff.56b-34b.