Front cover
Il libro del Cavalier Borri
A cura di Alessandro Boella e Antonella Galli
The book begins with an extensive biography of Francesco Giuseppe Borri, an Italian alchemist born in Milan 1627, and ends with the partial transcription of a manuscript held at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague. A very interesting book to read. The authors Alessandro Boella and Antonella Galli have included lots of very helpful notes and references. It is a thoroughly researched and annotated work.
It is a soft cover book measuring 15 x 21 cm with 256 pages. Signatures are printed in black only and thread sewn with spine glued. Written in Italian, published in Rome by Edizioni Mediterranee, March 2012.
Book can be bought here at the publisher website.
ISBN: 978-88-272-2179-2
Title page with a portrait of Giuseppe Francesco Borri (1675)
Pages 54-55, chapter III, portrait of Henry Oldenburg (1668)
Pages 142-143, beginning of the transcript with a reproduction of the manuscript title page
Pages 180-181, manuscript transcript, chapter “Il trattato de bianchimenti”