Detail View: Rylands Collection: Destillatorium ad Aqua Vitae

Image Number: 
JRL18114014
Reference Number: 
1393
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Destillatorium ad Aqua Vitae
Translated Image Title: 
Distillation for the obtaining of water of life
Parent Work Title: 
Coelum philosophorum seu de secretis naturae liber
Creator: 
Ulstadt, Philipp
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Grùˆninger, Johann, -1532?
Creator Role: 
Printer
Date Created: 
1526
Publication Details: 
Argentorati i.e. Strasbourg: I. Grienynger
Page/Sheet: 
Frontispiece
Description: 
Illustration showing two Alchemists carrying out the task of distillation for making aqua vitae - water of life.
Language Code: 
lat
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Alchemy--Early works to 1800
Subject: 
Pharmacy--Early works to 1800.
Subject: 
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Printing (process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
France: Grand East: Strasbourg
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2018-11-28
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-12
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands