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MUSAEUM HERMETICUM reformatum et amplificatum. 1749. Lacks the 4 folding plates.

MUSAEUM HERMETICUM reformatum et amplificatum. 41 engraved text illustrations; lacks the four folding plates. [12], 862, [1] pages, including engraved additional title and frontispiece. 4to, contemporary 1/2 vellum, worn, spine darkened; scattered light marginal foxing and dampstains, some worming in gutters, lower outer corner excised from front free endpaper, later 19th-century bookseller's ad mounted on front pastedown. Frankfurt & Leipzig, 1749

  • Notes: Reprinted from the 1678 edition of a major alchemical compilation comprising 21 key texts from the medieval, Renaissance, and early modern periods. Duveen, page 419; Ferguson II, 119.
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