Magni philosophorum arcani revelator : quo Hermetis discipuli, magníque scrutatores operis omnia ad suum laborem necessaria, clarissimè explicata invenient ...

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abbatia, Antonius de.

Tournes, Samuel de, 1628-1695, printer.

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Alchemy--Early works to 1800.

Alchemy.

Physical Description:

[2], 490, [10] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Magni philosophorvm arcani revelator

Fingerprint:

o.am œ-r. umis musi (3) 1688 (R)

Place of Publication:

Genevae : Apud Samuelem de Tournes, MDCLXXXVIII [1688]

Contents:

(from t.p. verso) I. Pretiosissimi arcani arcanorum, & philosophorum magisterii verissima ac purissima revelatio

II. Opus philosophicum quod opus Jovis nuncupatur

III. Septem verba philosophorum

IV. Antonii de Abatia epistolae duae & annotationes in duas ejus epistolas

V. Arcana à quodam philosopho anonymo deducta.

Notes:

Signatures: pi1 A-V¹² X¹⁰.

Engraved plate.

Woodcut title vignette, initials and head-pieces.

Type ornament head-pieces.

Tracts II-IV each has special half-title leaf.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Smith Collection copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Todd Pratum.

Cited in:

Ferguson, J. Bib. chemica, II, p. 62

Duveen, D. Bib. alchem. et chem. p. 379

Related Work:

Abbatia, Antonius de. Epistolae duae.

OCLC:

21150995