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AUBIGNÉ DE LA FOSSE, Nathan de (AUBINEUS), editor.

Bibliotheca Chemica Contracta.

Geneva: Jean Antoine and Samuel De Tournes, 1653.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #003026

4 parts in one volume. 8vo (186 x 120 mm). [14], 77 [3]; 11 [5], 175 [3]; 9 [1], 179 [1]; [12], 83 [1] pp. General title-page printed in red and black and with printer's woodcut device, separate title-pages to parts II to IV, a few decorative headpieces and foliated initials, 4 blank leaves present. Near contemporary carta rustica, spine lettered in manuscript (little dust-soiling, corners bumped). All pages uncut and largly unopened. Text somewhat browned throughout, foxing and spotting, leaves somewhat frayed and dust-soiled in outer margins. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. Text collated complete. ----

Caillet 147; Duveen p.10; Ferchl 6; Ferguson I, 17. - FIRST EDITION of this important compilation of alchemical and hermetic works by Hermes Trismegistus, Augurello, Espagnet and Sendivogius as well as Albineus himself. The Collection comprises: I. Hermes Trismegistus, Tabula smaragdina; Augurelli, Giovanni Aurelio, Chrysopoeia et vellus aureum; D'Aubigne?, Nathan, Carmen aureum. II. Sendivogio, Michaele, Novum lumen chemicum and De sulphure tractatus. III. D'Espagnet, Jean. Enchiridion physicae restitutae. IV. D'Espagnet, Jean, Arcanum Hermeticae philosophiae opus. - Visit our website for additional images and information.

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