Annulus Platonis; oder, Physikalisch-chymische erklärung der natur nach ihrer entstehung, erhaltung und zerstöhrung von einer gesellschaft ächter naturforscher aufs neue verb. und mit vielen wichtigen anmerkungen hrsg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forchenbrunn, Herwerd von, supposed author.

Kirchweger, Anton Joseph, -1746.

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Alchemy.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 551 pages : 2 plates (1 folded) ; 19 cm

Other Title:

Aurea catena Homeri.

Place of Publication:

Berlin und Leipzig : G. J. Decker, 1781.

Notes:

Attributed by the editors of this edition to Herwerd von Forchenbrunn of Croman, Moravia, as a member of the Rosicrucian society known under the name Homerus. cf. Vorrede, p. ix. Kopp in his "Aurea catena Homeri," 1880, and in "Die alchémie" 1886, 2. t., p. 209 ascribes the work to Anton Joseph Kirchweger, of Gmunden, d. 1746. cf. Ferguson. Bibliotheca chemica, v. 1, p. 469.

The earliest ed. appeared in 1723 under title: Aurea catena Homeri, and in the same year was issued the "Experientia Naxagora [pseud.] secundum annulos Platonicos et catenam auream Homeri."

This copy contains (attached to the posterior guard sheet) An extract from "Eine feine beschreibung der philosophischen materie ... in reimen ... ab incerto autore" (p. 383-388. 15 cm.) Mounted on inside back cover a diagram: Die richtigste hermetische figur.

OCLC:

3593427