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Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, solius verae, christiano-kabalisticum, divino-magicum, nec non physico-chymicum, tertriunum, catholicon / instructore Henrico Khunrath Lips: theosophiae amatore fideli, et medicinae utriusq[ue] doct: Hallelŭ-Iáh! Hallelŭ-Iah Hallelŭ-Iah! Phy diabolo! E millibus vix uni.
1609
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Alchemy and the Ripley Scrolls 1400-1700
This curated selection of material was brought together to show how European alchemists built on Greco-Egyptian, Islamic, and late medieval foundations to create a golden age of alchemy from the 15th century to the time of Sir Isaac Newton.
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- Wolfart, Erasmus
- Language
- Latin
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Descriptive Information
- Title
- Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, solius verae, christiano-kabalisticum, divino-magicum, nec non physico-chymicum, tertriunum, catholicon / instructore Henrico Khunrath Lips: theosophiae amatore fideli, et medicinae utriusq[ue] doct: Hallelŭ-Iáh! Hallelŭ-Iah Hallelŭ-Iah! Phy diabolo! E millibus vix uni.
- Call Number
- 2010-0368Q
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/wm117v989
- Language
- Latin
- Date Created
- 1609
- Extent
- [2], 60, 222, [2] p., [22] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. (engravings), port. ; 31 cm. (fol. in 4s)
- Provenance
- Ex copy has inscription: Ex Libris M. Joh. Georgii von Zabern, Argenti., mensis 1772, with note in his hand.
- Ex copy has signature of Walter Pagel.
- Ex copy has bookplate of Henry B.H. Beaufoy and booklabel of B.E.J. Pagel.
- References
- NLM 17th cent., 6371
- Ferguson coll., I, 366
- Duveen Coll. of Alchemy and chemistry, 32
- Graesse, 3-4, p. 15
- Brunet, 3, col. 658
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Colophon: Hanoviae excudebat Guilielmus Antonius, MDCIX.
- Publication information from colophon.
- Signatures: a-g⁴ h² A-2E⁴ (verso of 2E4 is blank).
- Pagination errors: p. 47-150, 191-192, 217 misnumbered as 145-148, 192-193 and 127, respectively.
- Engraved, illustrated t.p.; title within historiated frame.
- Also issued with cancel t.p.'s, with Magdeburg, 1608 and Hamburg, 1653 imprints.--cf. D.I. Duveen.
- Preface signed by Erasmus Wolfart.
- Frontispiece portrait of author engraved by Jan Diricks. Nine double plates, some dated 1602, some signed by engraver Peter van der Doort, two folded leaves are letterpress.
- Printed marginal notes.
- Some text printed in double columns.
- Each page printed within a double rule frame.
- Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials.
- Ex copy imperfect: 1 plate wanting.
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- File Count
- 335
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Alchemy and the Ripley Scrolls 1400-1700
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/93ed0628-cb7e-43e5-8ee1-dc830d8a93b0/manifest