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1455 - Alchemy Anthology comprising 7 alchemical works.
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Estimate €1,600 - €2,200

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Alchemy Anthology comprising 7 alchemical works. 1702–1707. Small 8°. Contemporary paperback with handwritten title label (slightly stained). Contains: 1. Christian Carl Schindler, *Der geheimbde Müntz-Guardein und Berg-Probierer* … *alle geheime Hand-Griffe* … *corrigiret beygefüget ist* … *Metallische Probnier-Kunst*. With an engraved frontispiece. Frankfurt, Winckler, 1705. (Preface, 2 leaves, bound in after p. 258). 44 pp., 1 leaf, 262 (i.e. 264) pp., 8 leaves. - VD18 11596864 - Brüning 3196 - 2. Johann Georg Schmidt, The Alchemist Who Speaks Ill of Moses and the Prophets. With engraved frontispiece and folded woodcut. Chemnitz, Stösseln, 1706. 7 leaves, 144 pp. – Ferguson II, 336 – Brüning 3239. - 3. Adolph Christoph Bentz, Philosophical Theatre, consisting largely of … experiments. With an engraved frontispiece, 1 copperplate and 1 woodcut in the text. Nuremberg, Michahelles and Adolph, 1706. 7 leaves, 134 pp., 5 leaves. – VD18 11357800 – Brüning 3215. – 4. *The Hermetic Triumph, or The Victorious Philosopher’s Stone*. With an engraved frontispiece. Leipzig and Görlitz, Laurentio, 1707. 224 (i.e. 222) pp. – Ferguson I, 395 – Brüning 3255: “The 2nd edition.”) - 5. Conrad Horlacher, *Bibliotheca Chemico-Curiosa*. Frankfurt, Michahelles and Adolph, 1707. 8 leaves, 422 pp., 12 leaves. - Ferguson I, 415 – Brüning 3263 – 6. Johann Anton Söldner, Keren Happuch, Posaunen Eliae des Künstlers, oder Teutsches Fegfeuer der Scheide-Kunst. With engraved frontispiece and 2 woodcuts in the text. Hamburg, Libernickel, 1702. 7 leaves, 128 pp. – Ferguson II, 387 – Brüning 3075: “The 2nd, expanded edition … contains scathing attacks on the alchemists”. - 7. Johann Elias Müller, A Christian and Rational Concept of the True Origin of the Miracle Substance that Produces Gold. Frankfurt, Gleditsch, 1707. 8 leaves, 112 pp. – Ferguson II, 104 and 117 – Brüning 3271: “First and only edition”. – Partly browned and slightly stained, a few underlinings or marginal notes, Vol. 1 with a faded stamp on the title page and p. 1; in Vol. 2, the frontispiece is slightly cropped at the side and slightly damaged, the large plate is creased and has underlaid tears and small missing areas; overall a good copy.

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1455 - Alchemy Anthology comprising 7 alchemical works. See original version (German)

1455 - Alchemy Anthology comprising 7 alchemical works.
See original version (German)