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BASILIUS VALENTINUS, attributed to. Azoth; sive, Aureliæ occultæ philosophorum. 1613

BASILIUS VALENTINUS, attributed to. Azoth; sive, Aureliæ occultæ philosophorum, materiam primam, et decantatum illum lapidem philosophorum filiis Hermetis . . . explicantes. Woodcut title vignette and 14 symbolic text illustrations. [8], 71 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, top of spine chipped; contents browned, occasional oxidized early underscoring, opening leaves loose. Frankfurt: Johann Bringer, 1613

  • Notes: first edition in latin of a work on alchemical philosophy ascribed to the legendary 15th-century Benedictine monk and alchemist. DSB II, 558-60; Ferguson I, 57; Partington II, 193.
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