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A new light of alchymy: taken out of the fountain of nature and manual experience. To which is added A treatise of sulphur. Written by Micheel Sandivogius: i.e. anagrammatically, Divi Leschi Genus Amo. Also nine books of the nature of things, written by Paracelsus, viz. Of the generations, growths, conservations, life, death, renewing, transmutation, separation, signatures of natural things. Also a chymical dictionary explaining hard places and words met withal in the writings of Paracelsus, and other obscure authors. All which are faithfully translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, by J.F.M.D.
1674
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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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- English
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- Title
- A new light of alchymy: taken out of the fountain of nature and manual experience. To which is added A treatise of sulphur. Written by Micheel Sandivogius: i.e. anagrammatically, Divi Leschi Genus Amo. Also nine books of the nature of things, written by Paracelsus, viz. Of the generations, growths, conservations, life, death, renewing, transmutation, separation, signatures of natural things. Also a chymical dictionary explaining hard places and words met withal in the writings of Paracelsus, and other obscure authors. All which are faithfully translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, by J.F.M.D.
- Call Number
- N-002040
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dch128nq90q
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1674
- Extent
- [16], 351, [1] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
- Provenance
- Ex copy: "John Paschalls Book, bought June 8th 1750" inscribed on leaf A2 recto; a few annotations presumably in his hand.
- References
- Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S2507A
- ESTC (RLIN), R028861
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- A translation of: Sędziwój, Michał. Novum lumen chymicum.
- J.F. = John French.
- The words "generations. death" and "renewing. signatures" are enclosed in brackets on title page.
- "Of the nature of things" a translation of part of "Metamorphosis", and "A chymical dictionary", based on "Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi" by Gerhard Dorn, each have separate dated title page.
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- 380
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- Alchemy and the Ripley Scrolls 1400-1700
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3955d73d-46ee-4b07-8a37-326f842432c4/manifest