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ALBINEUS, Bibliotheca Chemica contracta, 1653
ALBINEUS, Nathan.
Bibliotheca Chemica contracta.
Genève, Joannis Ant. & Samuel de Tournes, 1653.
Four parts with separate pagination and title pages bound in one 8vo (162x96 mm), (16)-77-(3 bl.)-11-(3 bl.)-175-(1 bl.)-9-(3 bl.)-179-(1 bl.)-11-(1 bl.)-83 pages. binding : Eighteenth century full sheep, gilt spine in six compartments. Thin margins. Rubbed on joints and corners. Little hole on d3 leave.
First edition.
Compilation of alchemical texts divided into four parts in separate pagination with particular title page for each of them. Among the treatises it contains are the Chrysopoeia and Vellus aureum of Augurelli, the Novum lumen chemicum and the De sulphure tractatus of Sendivogius, and the Aracanum hermeticae philosophiae opus of Jean d'Espagnet.
The Emerald Table (Tabula smaragdina) is included in the preface.
Albineus is the Latinized name of Nathan d'Aubigné de la Fosse, son of the famous Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné.
references: Duveen [10] Caillet [I, 147: "Ouvrage fort rare"].
Price : 2500 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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