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1598
1598
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Trismosin, Salomon author; Straub, Leonhard, -1601, printer; Paracelsus, 1493-1541
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Binding: vellum; armorial bookplate of the princes of Liechtenstein (Ex Libris Liechtensteinianis) on front pastedown
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Joh. Michaelis Faustij ... Compendium alchymist. novum, sive, Pandora explicata & figuris jllustrata, das ist, Die edelste Gabe Gottes, oder, Ein güldener Schatz : mit welchem die alten und neuen Philosophi, die unvollkommene Metall, durch Gewalt des Feuers verbessert, und allerhand schädliche und unheylsame Kranckheiten innerlich und äusserlich, durch deren Würckung vertrieben haben : dieser Edition wird annoch, nebst vielen Kupffern und über 800 Philosophischen Anmerckungen, ein volkomenes Lexicon alchymisticum novum, und ein vollständiges Register rerum & verborum, beygefüget
1706
1706
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Faust, Johann Michael, 1663-1707; Reusner, Hieronymus, b. 1558. Pandora; Marchand, Johann Christian, 1680-1711
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Brief extracts in Latin from writers on alchemy, with commentary in German. Based on Reusner's Pandora of 1582. See Hogart
Topic: Alchemy
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Atalanta fugiens, hoc est, Emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica : accomodata partim oculis & intellectui, figuris cupro incisis, adjectisque sententiis, epigrammatis & notis, partim auribus & recreationi animi plus minus 50 fugis musicalibus trium vocum, quarum duae ad unam simplicem melodiam distichis canendis peraptam, correspondeant, non abs[que] singulari jucunditate videnda, legenda, meditanda, intelligenda, dijudicanda, canenda & audienda
1618
1618
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Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622, author; Galler, Hieronymus, printer; Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623? publisher; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, engraver; Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, engraver, attributed name
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Library's copy lacks final blank leaf present in other copies
Topics: Alchemy, Canons, fugues, etc. (Voices), Part songs, Latin, Emblems
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Quinta essentia, das ist, Die höchste Subtilitet, Krafft vnd Wirckung, beyder der fürtrefflichsten, vnd menschlichem Geschlecht am nützlichsten Künsten, der Medicin vnd Alchemy : auch wie nahe diese beyde mit Sipschafft gefreund vnd verwandt sind, vnd das eine ohn beystandt der andern nicht nütz sey, oder in den menschlichen Cörpern zu wircken kein Krafft habe : Vergleichung der alten und newen Medicin, vnd wie alle Subtiliteten ausgezogen, die Element geschieden, alle Corpora gemutirt ... : jetzt von newem, sampt Eröffnung der vertunckelten Sententz, Wort vnd Namen, gemehret vnd gebessert
1574
1574
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Thurneisser zum Thurn, Leonhard, 1530?-1596; Steinmann, Hans, fl. 1571-1588; Amman, Jost, 1539-1591; Vögelin, Ernst, 1529-1589
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Imprint from colophon
Topics: Materia medica, Alchemy, Medicine
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1659
1659
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Dee, John, 1527-1608; Casaubon, Meric, 1599-1671; Kelly, Edward, 1555-1595
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The initials E. K., which appear throughout the text, stand for Edward Kelly, Dee's associate
Topics: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612, Stefan Batory, King of Poland, 1533-1586, Spiritualism,...
Only the 1st Tractatus of t. 1 has general title. The other parts have individual t.p.'s: Tractatus secundus, De natvrae simia seu technica macrocosmi historia. Oppenheimio : Aere Iohan-Theodori de Bry : Typis Hieronymi Galleri, 1618; Tomvs secvndvs De svpernatvrali, naturali, praeternaturali et contranaturali microcosmi historia, in tractatus tres distributa. Oppenhemij : Impensis Iohannis Theodori de Bry : Typis Hieronymi Galleri, 1619; Tomi secvndi, tractatus primi, sectio secunda, De...
Topics: Cosmology, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music theory, Drawing, Military art and science, Astrology,...
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The holy guide : leading the way to the wonder of the world : a compleat phisitian, teaching the knowledge of all things, past, present, and to come, viz., of pleasure, long life, health, youth, blessedness, wisdome and virtue, and to cure, change, and remedy all diseases in young and old : with Rosie Crucian medicines which are verified by a practical examination of principles in the great world and fitted for the easie understanding, plain practise, use, and benefit of mean capacities
1662
1662
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Heydon, John, b. 1629; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682
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Pagination, Book I: [128] (the 1st blank), 19 [i.e. 37], [1] (blank) p. Book II: [16] (the last blank), 169, [1] (blank) p. Book III: [8] (the last blank), 226 [i.e. 254] p. Book IV: [6], 83, [1] (blank) p. Book V: [6], 145, [1] (blank) p. Book VI: [10] (the last blank), 55, [31] p. (last leaf blank)
Topics: Medicine, Rosicrucians
Engraved allegorical frontispiece signed in the plate: W.F. [i.e. William Faithorne]
Topic: Alchemy
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1663
1663
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Heydon, John, b. 1629; Heydon, John, b. 1629. Ocia imperialia
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Imprint varies. Vol. 2: London : Printed for Henry Brome, 1663. Vol. 3: London : Printed by J.C. for R. Broom, at the signe of the Gun in Ivy-Lane, 1663
Topics: Occultism, Rosicrucians, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
First published by Luca Jennis (Frankfort, 1625); cf. Hogart
Topic: Alchemy
Vols. 1-2 paged continuously
Topics: Heydon, John, b. 1629, Rosicrucians, Occultism, Alchemy, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
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Geber, 13th cent; Paulus, de Tarento; Khalid ibn Yazid al-Umawi, 7th cent; Avicenna, 980-1037; Schöffer, Peter, ca. 1425-ca. 1502; Pederzano, Giovanni Battista, fl. 1522-1555
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The author of the Summa, Pseudo-Geber (not to be confused with Geber (Jabir ibn Hayyan)) was in all probability Paul of Taranto
Topics: Alchemy, Chemistry
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1894
1894
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Paracelsus, 1493-1541; Waite, Arthur Edward, 1857-1942
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Library has v.1
Topics: Occultism, Alchemy, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Library's copy rebound; spine title: Alchemy and the alchemists
Topics: Alchemy, Alchemists
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1684
1684
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Philalethes, Eirenaeus; Cooper, William, fl. 1668-1688
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Each treatise has special t.p. All are dated 1683 except the last, The tomb of Semiramis, which is dated 1684 like the main t.p. The first treatise also has an added t.p. in Latin, and text in English and Latin on opposite pages
Topic: Alchemy
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1619
1619
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Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, engraver; Grossschedel von Aicha, Johann Baptist, author; Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601, printer
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Three sheets joined on linen mount
Topics: Alchemy, Zodiac, Magic
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1650
1650
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Dee, Arthur, 1579-1651; Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682; Espagnet, Jean d', 1564-ca. 1637. Arcanum
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By Arthur Dee. Published in Latin at Basle, 1629. Translated into English by Elias Ashmole under the anagram of James Hasolle. See Hogart
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Topic: Alchemy
Pref., dedication, and author's statement on p. 107 bear dates in Jan., 1564, the year of the 1st ed. 3rd ed. appeared in 1591. See Hogart
Topics: Alchemy, Cabala, Magic
The compilation Aureum vellus, including works by Trimosin and others, was first published in 1598 (Tractatus I-III) and 1604 (Tractatus IV-V); cf. Sudhoff. The present work is a reissue of a 1602 French translation (with additions by the translator) of the 1st part of Tractatus III, entitled Splendor solis; cf. Hogart. Some copies, otherwise identical, have the date 1613; cf. Brunet, NUC
Topic: Alchemy
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1689
1689
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Glauber, Johann Rudolf, 1604-1670; Packe, Christopher, fl. 1670-1711
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In three parts
Topics: Chemistry, Alchemy, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric, Materia medica
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1578
1578
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Thurneisser zum Thurn, Leonhard, 1530?-1596; Hille, Peter, d. 1574; Stürmer, Wolfgang, fl. 1543-1593; Poll, Absolon, 16th cent
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First German edition. First Latin ed. published by Hentzske the same year. Cf. Nissen
Topics: Medicinal plants, Botany, Medical, Materia medica, Vegetable, Umbelliferae
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1660
1660
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Basilius Valentinus; Basilius Valentinus. Aureliae occultae philosophorum partes duae; Nuisement, Clovis Hesteau, sieur de. Poeme philosophic sur l'azoth des philosophes; Gobille, Jean, fl. 1659-1690
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A resetting of the 1st French ed. of 1624. Basil Valentine's Douze clefs apparently first appeared as Practica cum XII clavibus in Michael Maier's Tripus aureus (Frankfurt, 1618). His Azoth first appeared as Aureliae occultae philosophorum partes duae in Caillet's Theatrum chemicum, 1613. Cf. Yale, Alchemy
Topics: Alchemy, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
In 5 parts and 4 addition sections, each with special t.p
Topics: Alchemy, Medicine
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1663
1663
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Custos, Raphael, d. 1651; Michelspacher, Steffan, fl. 1613-1619
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The t.p. may imply that the author, otherwise anonymous, is represented by the coat of arms in plate 1. However, the dedication to Johann Remmelin (1583-1632) is signed "Stephan Michelspacher aus Tiroll," and the Brit. Mus. catalog has Michelspacher as author
Topic: Alchemy
Eugenius Philalethes is the pseudonym of Thomas Vaughan
Topics: Occultism, Alchemy
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1657
1657
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Paracelsus, 1493-1541; Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316. Philosophical and chymical experiments. 1657; Trigg, Stephen; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665; Tentzel, Andreas, fl. 1625
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"Philosophical and chymical experiments of the famous philosopher Raymund Lully", p. [97]-166, has individual title page with imprint: London : Printed by James Cottrel, 1657
Topics: Alchemy, Chemistry, Medicine
"Although the second part of this work had been printed in 1719 and again in 1729, the first edition was first published in 1735 by J. Phil. Helwig of Homburg vor der Höhe. This is a reprint of that first edition"--Hogart
Topics: Alchemy, Magic, Cabala, Theology
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Five treatises of the philosophers stone : two of Alphonso, king of Portugall, as it was written with his own hand, and taken out of his closset, translated out of the Portuguez into English : one of John Sawtre, a monke, translated into English : another written by Florianus Raudorff, a German philosopher, and translated out of the same language into English : also, A treatise of the names of the philosophers stone, by William Gratacolle, translated into English : to which is added, The smaragdine table
1651
1651
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Pinnell, Henry; Sawtre, John; Raudorf, Florian; Gratarolo, Guglielmo, 1516?-1568?
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Actual publication date 1651; see BM, ESTC
Topic: Alchemy
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The harmony of the world : being a discourse of God, heaven, angels, stars, planets, earth, the miraculous descentions and ascentions of spirits : with the nature and harmony of mans body, the art of preparing Rosie Crucian medicines to cure all diseases : their rules to raise bodies decayed, which are verified by a practical examination of principles in the great world : whereunto is added, the state of the New Jerusalem, grounded upon the knowledge of nature, light of reason, phylosophy and divinity : all fitted to the understanding, use and profit of wisdomes children, and communicated to the sons of art
1662
1662
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Heydon, John, b. 1629; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682
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Frontispiece is engraved port. of author, signed in the plate: T. Cross Sculpsit. Also, woodcut diagrams, including author's horoscope at p. 98
Topics: Occultism, Rosicrucians, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topic: Alchemy
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1652
1652
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Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682; Vaughan, Robert, 17th cent; Goddard, John, fl. 1645-1671
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No more published
Topic: Alchemy
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Arcana arcanissima, hoc est, Hieroglyphica aegyptio-graeca : vulgo necdum cognita, ad demonstrandam falsorum apud antiquos deorum, dearum, heroum, animantium, & institutorum pro sacris receptorum, originem, ex vno Aegyptiorum artificio, quod aureu animi et corporis medicamentum peregit, deductam, vnde tot poëtarum allegoriae, scriptorum narrationes fabulosae et per totam encyclopaediam errores sparsi clarissima veritatis luce manifestantur, suaeq[ue] tribui singula restituuntur, sex libris exposita
1614
1614
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Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
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Published in 1614 at Oppenheim and also at London (T. Creede). Reissued in 1625 at London with cancel letterpress t.p., title: De hieroglyphicis aegyptiorvm libri sex (Prostat apud Societatem Londinensem). See Yale Alchemy, 84
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The authorship was attributed to Barrett as early as 1824, but is not certain. Cf. Hogart
Topics: Alchemists, Alchemy
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1609
1609
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Croll, Oswald, ca. 1560-1609; Croll, Oswald, ca. 1560-1609. Tractatus de signaturis. German & Latin; Sadeler, Ægidius, 1568-1629
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The 2nd ed., the 1st having appeared the preceding year. See Hogart
Topics: Pharmacy, Therapeutics, Signatures (Medicine)
"Ad illvstrissimvm ac potentissimum principem Ferdinandum Roman. regem semper augustum atque archiducem Austriae conscripta. Anno 1536."
Topics: Prophecies (Occultism), Paracelsus, 1493-1541, Prophecies (Occultism) -- Early works to 1800
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1658
1658
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Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692; Everard, John, 1575?-1650?
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Marginal notes by John Everard; see p. [5]
Topic: Alchemy
Dedication signed: Ioh. Valentinus Andreae (p. [9], 1st sequence of pagination)
Topic: Christian life
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Four books of Johannes Segerus Weidenfeld, concerning the secrets of adepts, or, Of the use of Lully's spirit of wine : a practical work : with very great study collected out of the ancient as well as modern fathers of adept philosophy, reconciled together, by comparing them one with another, otherwise disagreeing : and in the newest method so aptly digested, that even young practitioners may be able to discern the counterfeit or sophistical preparations of animals, vegetables and minerals, whether for medicines or metals, from true : and so avoid vagabond imposters, and imaginary processes, together with the ruine of estates
1685
1685
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Weidenfeld, Johann Seger
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Translator's preface signed: G.C
Topics: Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Alchemy
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1609
1609
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Khunrath, Heinrich, 1560-1605; Vries, H. F; Diricks van Campen, Jan, 17th cent; Doort, Peter van der, fl. 1590-1602
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Pref. signed: Erasmus Wolfart
Topics: Occultism, Cabala, Alchemy
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1665
1665
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Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624; Walther, Balthasar, 1586-1640
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Library's copy inscribed in brown ink on t.p.: Walter Granger
Topics: Christian life, Mysticism
Includes bibliographies and index
Topic: Alchemy
Errata, p. 124
Topic: Alchemy
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Jo. Jacobi Mangeti, medicinae doctoris et sereniss. ac potentiss. regis Prussiae archiatri, Bibliotheca chemica curiosa, seu, Rerum ad alchemiam pertinetium thesaurus instructissimus : quo non tantùm artis auriferae, ac scriptorum in ea nobiliorum historia traditur : lapidis veritas argumentis & experimentis innumeris, immò & juris consultorum judiciis evincitur : termini obscuriores explicantur : cautiones contra impostores & difficultates in tinctura universali conficienda occurrentes, declarantur : verùm etiam tractatus omnes virorum celebriorum, qui in magno sudarunt elixyre, quíque ab ipso Hermete, ut dicitur, Trismegisto, ad nostra usque tempora de chrysopoea scripserunt, cum praecipuis suis commentariis, concinno ordine dispositi exhibentur. Ad quorum omnium illustrationem additae sunt quamplurimae figurae aeneae
1702
1702
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Manget, Jean-Jaques, 1652-1742
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Title vignette: title of v.1 in red and black: head and tail pieces: initials
Topics: Alchemy, Chemistry
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1652
1652
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Vaughan, Thomas, 1621-1666; Rosencreutz, Christian
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Signatures: A (a)-(c) d B-E
Topic: Rosicrucians
Pages 26-27, 30-31, 34-35, 37-39 incorrectly numbered 12, 9, 8, 21, 20, 17, 27, 16, 25, respectively
Topic: Alchemy
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1545
1545
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Jabir ibn Hayyan; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Speculum alchemiae; Hermes, Trismegistus. Tabul smaragdina; Hortulanus. Commentarius in Tabulam Smaragdinam Hermetis Trismegisti; Khalid ibn Yazid al-Umawi, 7th cent. Liber secretorum alchemiae; Polydorus, Chrysogonus; Richardus, Anglicus, d. 1252. Correctorium alchemiae
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Edited by Chrysogonus Polydorus
Topic: Alchemy
Advertisements on p. [3-6] at end
Topic: Alchemy
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1649
1649
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Andreä, Johann Valentin, 1586-1654; Buna, C., 17th cent
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422 letters on various topics from the period 1643-1649 between Andreä, and Rudolf August, Anton Ulrich, and Ferdinand Albrecht, Dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg, as well as some others
Topics: Andreä, Johann Valentin, 1586-1654, Rudolf August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1627-1704,...
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Avrevm vellvs, oder, Guldin Schatz und Kunst-Kammer : darinnen der aller fürnemisten, fürtreffenlichsten, ausserlesenesten, herrlichisten und bewehrtesten Auctorum Schrifften und Bücher, aufs dem gar uralten Schatz der uberblibnen, verborgnen, hinderhaltenen Reliquien und Monumenten der Aegyptiorum, Arabum, Chaldaeorum & Assyriorum Königen und Weysen
1708
1708
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Trismosin, Salomon; Paracelsus, 1493-1541; Korndorffer, Bartholomaeus
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Includes works by Trismosin, Paracelsus, Korndorffer and numerous other authors, gathered into 5 Tractatus. Those after the 1st have separate t.p.'s
Topics: Paracelsus, 1493-1541, Alchemy, Chemistry
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Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, vernishing, japaning, gilding, &c. : in two volumes ...
1701
1701
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Salmon, William, 1644-1713; Fabre, Pierre-Jean, d. ca. 1650; A. and J. Churchill (Booksellers : London, England); Nicholson, John, d. ca. 1717
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Pages 225-300 lacking in pagination
Topics: Art, Portrait painting, Medicine, Palmistry, Alchemy
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1692
1692
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Salmon, William, 1644-1713; Hermes, Trismegistus. De lapidis philosophici secreto. English; Jabir ibn Hayyan. Summa perfectionis. English; Artephius. Liber secretus artis occultae. English; Flamel, Nicolas, d. 1418. Figures hierogliphiques. English; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Radix mundi. English; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Speculum alchemiae. English; Ripley, George, d. 1490? Medulla alchimiae. English; Khalid ibn Yazid al-Umawi, 7th cent. Secreta alchymiae. English
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First section of Book 1 contains receipts and advice on treating diseases. The remainder of the work consists of translated alchemical treatises. See Hogart
Topics: Alchemy, Medicine
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1674
1674
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Sedziwój, Micha, ca. 1556-ca. 1646; Paracelsus, 1493-1541. De natura rerum; Dorn, Gerhard, 16th cent. Dictionarium Paracelsi; French, John, 1616-1657
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Based on the 1650 ed
Topics: Alchemy, Sulfur
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1745
1745
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Limojon de Saint-Didier, Alexandre-Toussaint, ca. 1630-1689
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The French translation of The ancient war of the knights, as well as the authorship of A dialogue between Eudoxus and Pyrophilus and of A letter to the true disciples of Hermes, are attributed to Saint-Didier; see Hogart, BM. All three are here translated into English from Le triomphe hermétique (Amsterdam : H. Wetstein, 1689 and 1699). Uralter Ritter-Krieg, the German original of the Ancient war of the knights, appeared at Leipzig, 1604
Topics: Uralter Ritter-Krieg, Alchemy
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1650
1650
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Sedziwój, Micha, ca. 1556-ca. 1646; Paracelsus, 1493-1541. De natura rerum; Dorn, Gerhard, 16th cent. Dictionarium Paracelsi; French, John, 1616-1657
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First published Prague, 1604. This English translation by John French is the first of any work by Sedziwój
Topics: Alchemy, Sulfur, Chemistry
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1653
1653
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Paracelsus, 1493-1541; Tentzel, Andreas, fl. 1625; Parkhurst, Ferdinando
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Medicina diastatica originally published in Latin (Jena, 1629)
Topics: Medicine, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
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1730
1730
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Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624; Gichtel, Johann Georg, 1638-1710; Walther, Balthasar, 1586-1640
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Each pt. has special t.p., as do the 8 Büchlein comprising pt. IX
Topics: Mysticism, Theology
Hebrew at head of title
Topics: Rosicrucians, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric, Occultism
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1625
1625
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Grasshoff, Johann, d. 1623; Jennis, Luca, fl. 1625
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Apart from those by Basil Valentine, the texts are German versions of Latin texts published in Musaeum hermeticum (1625); cf. Hogart
Topic: Alchemy
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1649
1649
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Vigenère, Blaise de, 1523-1596; Stephens, Edward, Rev
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Translator's dedication, p. [3], signed: Edvvard Stephens
Topics: Alchemy, Fire, Salt
Pretiosa margarita novella, the main treatise in this collection, is most often ascribed to Pietro Antonio Boni. See Hogart
Topic: Alchemy
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1718
1718
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Barchusen, Johann Conrad, 1666-1723; Barchusen, Johann Conrad, 1666-1723. Pyrosophia
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Previously published: Joannis Conradi Barchusen Pyrosophia ... Lugduni Batavorum : Impensis Cornelii Boutestein, 1698
Topics: Alchemy, Chemistry, Materia medica
By E.F. Villain; see Hogart
Topics: Flamel, Nicolas, d. 1418, Flamel, Pernelle, Alchemists, Alchemy
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Melitsat kai hermeneia : das ist, Onomasticvm vnd Interpretatio, oder, Aussführliche Erklerung Leonharten Thurneyssers zum Thurn ... vber etliche frembde vn[d] (bey vielen hochgelarten, die der lateinischen vnd griechischen Sprach erfahren) vnbekante Nomina, Verba, Prouerbia, Dicta, Sylben, Caracter, vnd sonst Reden, deren nicht allein in theuren Philosophi vnd Medici Aurelij, Theophrasti, Paracelsi von Hohenheim, sondern auch in anderer Authorum Schrifften hin vnd wider weitleufftig gedacht ... : das ander Theil, in welchem fast jedes Wort, mit seiner eigenen Schrifft, nach der Völcker Etymologia oder eigenen Art vnd Weis zureden beschrieben worden ist
1583
1583
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Thurneisser zum Thurn, Leonhard, 1530?-1596; Voltz, Nikolaus
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Signatures: pi² )(² *² A-2Z² a²
Topics: Alchemy, Dictionaries, Polyglot, Alchemy, Alphabets
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1678
1678
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Basilius Valentinus; Kerckring, Theodor, 1640-1693; Synesius, alchemist. Vray livre de la pierre philosophale. English
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Includes 4 engraved plates depicting alchemical apparatus
Topics: Antimony, Alchemy
Errata: p. [10] at end
Topics: Chemistry, Alchemy
Errata, p. [6]
Topic: Occultism
Die chymische Hochzeit first appeared in 1616; see Hogart
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Topic: Rosicrucians
Signatures: A B-I K
Topic: Rosicrucians
T.p. vignette
Topic: Alchemy
Library's copy signed (??Jones) and dated (Lahore, November 1907) on half title page
Topic: Medizin
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1517
1517
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Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316; Lavinheta, Bernardus de
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Title on leaf [10] recto. Leaf [1] recto has title for introd.: Introductorium magne artis generalis reuerendissumi doctoris illuminati magistri Raymundi Lullij ad omnes scientias vtilissimum
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Topics: Philosophy, Medieval, Theology, Numerology
Eugenius Philalethes is Thomas Vaughan's pseudonym
Topics: Alchemy, Rosicrucians, Magic, Occultism
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1783
1783
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Khunrath, Heinrich, 1560-1605; Müller, Heinrich, fl. 1783
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"Wegen seiner überaus grossen Seltenheit nach der dritten im Jahr 1615 zu Magdeburg im Verlag des Verfassers gedruckten Ausgabe aufs neue von den deutschen Sprachfehlern ohne Verletzung des Sinnes gesäubert, und mit einem historischen Vorberichte von seinen sämmtlichen Schriften, nebst dem in Kupfer gestochenen Athanor auf Begehren herausgegeben."
Topic: Alchemy
Final leaf blank
Topic: Alchemy
The present publication represents part of a work not published in full until 1735. Cf. Yale, Alchemy
Topics: Alchemy, Magic, Cabala, Theology