Curious Chemical Library

A crossed-out inventory number, likely from an earlier cataloging system.

Folio Alchemy 10. original: "2° Alch. 10."; '2°' (secundo) denotes a large folio-sized volume, while 'Alch. 10' indicates its specific shelf location in the alchemy section.                 Manget
Refers to Jean-Jacques Manget (1652–1742), a Genevan physician and scholar famous for compiling the Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa, one of the most comprehensive collections of alchemical texts ever published.

Alchemy.
original: "Alchemia."

                                         Chemistry.
original: "Chem."; this crossed-out abbreviation suggests the cataloger initially considered a broader 'Chemistry' classification before settling on the more specific 'Alchemy'.

                                         Mangetus
The Latinized version of Manget's name, common in formal bibliographic records of the period.

R

A single-letter administrative mark, possibly standing for 'Revisum' (Revised) or a specific library sub-category.