THE HOUSE OF DOCTOR DEE. A novel.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1993. In quality wraps; A MINT COPY still in original publisher's shrink-wrap. Octavo.
Alchemy & Hermetica
THE HOUSE OF DOCTOR DEE. A novel.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1993. A FINE CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. 177 pages. Tall octavo.
DE RE METALLICA. Translated from the First Latine Edition of 1556 with Biographical Introductions, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Methods, Metallurgical Process, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the Earliest Times to the 16th Century.
New York: Dover, 1950. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in slightly worn dust jacket. by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. Classic work first published in 1556. 289 illustrations. [xxxi], 638 pages, indexed. Tall 4to.
JOHANN RUDOLPH GLAUBER: A Study of Animism in Seventeenth-Century Chemistry.
Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1972. One panel shows a modicum paint residue perhaps for being laid on wet surface; internals clean and free of marking; binding firm; A VERY GOOD+ COPY in library buckram, sewn. Ahonen's Dissertation. Illustrated. [x], 301 leaves. Scarce. Octavo.
LIBELLUS DE ALCHIMIA.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1958. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in spine faded dust jacket. Translated from the Latin Borgnet Edition by Sister Virginia Heines, Professor of Chemistry at Nazareth College, Louisville. Foreword by Pearl Kibre. Illustrated, [xxii], 79 pages. Bibliography. )ctavo.
THE ALCHEMIST'S HANDBOOK: Manual for Practical Laboratory Alchemy.
New York Samuel Weiser, 1976. A FINE CLOTH COPY in very good dust jacket. Illustration. Frater Albertus [Albert Riedel] was the founder of the Paracelsus Research Society in Salt Lake City, which later became better known as the Paracelsus College.124 pages. Royal octavo.
THE ALCHEMIST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
Salt Lake City: Paracelsus Research Society, 1976. FIRST EDITION, limited 500 copies of which this is hand written number 265. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in complete illustrated dust jacket with light rubbing along the jacket spine. 167 pages. Tall 8vo. Always scarce, a most difficult find.
ALCHEMY & SOURCE BOOKS IN CHEMISTRY, 16th to 20th Century. Printing and the Progress of Man Series, Catalogue 305.
Lichtenstein: Interlibrium Vaduz, 1985. In tall custom wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. The first one hundred seventy four listings are dedicated to alchemy, and the complete catalogue has 658 listings. 627 illustrations and facsimiles. 364 pages, indexed. Small 4to.
ALCHEMY & CHEMISTRY, 1500 - 1900: A Collection of Rare Books.
Lichtenstein: Interlibrum Vaduz, 1975. In tall wraps as issued; Very Good or better copy with splendid illustrations. Taken from Catalogues 261 & 262. 351 annotated listings. Small 4to.
ALCHEMY & CHEMISTRY, 1500 - 1900: A Collection of Rare Books.
Lichtenstein: Interlibrum Vaduz, 1975. In tall wraps as issued; A VERY GOOD COPY with splendid illustrations. From the Interlibrum's Catalogues 261 & 262. 351 annotated listings. Small 4to.
A COMMENTARY ON THE CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ.
Edinburgh: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1984. Limited to 250 numbered copies. Hand-bound in full faux leather; A FINE COPY. Signed by Adam McLean who wrote the introduction. With an Appendix titled:: "The Parabola of Hinricus Madathanus Theosophus." With the text of the 1690 Foxcroft translation, revised and modernized, by Deirdre.....
MUTUS LIBER: Le Livre D'Images sans Paroles.
Paris: Rene Baudoin, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Fifteen oversize loose plates laid into illustrated cover sleeve as issued; A FINE SET. Small folio.
ABRAXAS IV: International Journal of Esoteric Studies. {Special Feature: Agostino Arrivabene}
London: Fulgur Limited, 2013. Limited Edition. Slightly rubbed; else, A FINE COPY. Works by Christine Odlund, Peter Dyde, Austin Spare, rare Tarot prints in color, Anne Crossey, Susu Laroche, the extraordinary work of Agostino Arrivabene, Aleister Crowley, Francesca Ricci, and others. 192 pages. Tall quarto. Pam Grossman, Associate Editor...
THEATRUM CHEMICUM BRITANNICUM: Containing several poeticall pieces of our famous English Philosophers, who have written the Hermetique Mysteries in their own Ancient Language. Faithfully Collected into one Volume, with Annotations thereon.
Seattle: Ouroboros Press, 2011. Corrected and augmented edition. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME with custom end papers and dust jacket. Contributors include: Thomas Norton, George Ripley, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Daston, Pearce the Black Monke, Richard Carpenter, Abraham Andrews, Thomas Charnock, William Bloomefield, Edward Kelley, John Dee, Thomas Robinson, William Backhouse.....
THEATRUM CHEMICUM BRITANNICUM: Containing several poeticall pieces of our famous English Philosophers, who have written the Hermetique Mysteries in their own Ancient Language. Faithfully Collected into one Volume, with Annotations thereon.
New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME issued without dust jacket. Folding plate, and other illustrations as appearing in the London, 1652 edition. With an introduction by Allen G. Debus. Contributors include: Thomas Norton, George Ripley, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Daston, Pearce the Black Monke, Richard Carpenter.....
THEATRUM CHEMICUM BRITANNICUM: Containing severall poetical pieces of our famous English Philosophers, who have written the Hermetique Mysteries in their owne Ancient Language.
Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968. A FINE COPY in the original onion skin protector. Preface of eight pages by C.H. Josten, the Ashmolean scholar. [viii], 486 pages, [viii], with index appended. Octavo.
THE ALCHEMISTS: Magic Into Science.
Reading, UK: Addison-Wesley, 1973. First Edition. VERY GOOD+ VOLUME in dust jacket. Illustrated. 124 pages. 8vo.
THE MIRROR OF ALCHEMY; Composed by the Thrice-famous and Learned Frier, Roger Bacon, sometimes Fellow of Martin College: and Afterwards of Brasen-nose College in Oxenforde. With the Smaragdine Table of Hermes, Trismegistus of Alchemy.
Los Angeles: At the Press of the Pegacycle Lady [William Dailey] for the Globe Book Store [Michael Goth], 1975. Limited edition to 250 numbered copies of which this is number 105. A FINE COPY, bound in quarter linen cloth and marbled boards, printed letter press, with spine label. No dust.....
THE MAGICAL LETTER OF ROGER BACON: Concerning the Marvelous Power of Art and Nature.
Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 2006. Limited to 44 hand-numbered copies. A FINE COPY, bound in custom wraps with parchment overlay. An influential writing by the "Father" of experimental science and adherent of the alchemical way. In hand-bound wraps with special French synthetic cover. Limited to 44 copies, hand-numbered. Octavo...
AUREA CATENI HOMERI: The Golden Chain of Homer; That is a Description of Nature and Natural Things. From an Unpublished Manuscript copied by Percy Bullock.
San Francisco: Sapere Aude Metaphysical Republishers, 1983. Limited edition of 550 numbered copies. Bound in full polished calf with marble end papers, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker, and numbered. A FINE COPY of the classic work by Anton Joseph Kirchweger. Color work and red/black printing, and one double-page color.....
THE ELIXIR AND THE STONE: The Tradition of Magic and Alchemy.
London: Viking, 1997. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth copy in fine dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated with numerous scarce plates and engravings. 454 pages with index. Royal Octavo.
RAYMOND LULL: The Illuminated Doctor; A Study in Medieval Missions.
London: Charles H. Kelly, 1903. First Edition. Bookplate; binding firm, no markings; VERY GOOD cloth copy. With a catalogue of Lull's works [xi], 172 pages, publisher's catalogue appended. Small 8vo. Scarce.
THE LIVES OF ALCHYMYSTICAL PHILOSOPHERS; With a Critical Catalogue of Books in Occult Chemistry, and a Selection of the Most Celebrated Treatises On the Theory and Practice of the Hermetic Art.
London: John Watkins, 1955. Limited edition of 250 copies only. A FINE COPY in fine dust jacket. Barrett, as author, has always been a controversial issue. Robert Watt named him such first, but many others have questioned this citation, including Waite. 384 pages, plus two page contents appended. Octavo...
ASTROLOGY, MAGIC, AND ALCHEMY IN ART: A Guide to Imagery.
LA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007. In text wraps with French fold; A FINE COPY. Translated by Rosanna M Giammanco Frongia. Outstanding color images combined with an astute commentary. 384 pages. Octavo.
A NEW LIGHT ON THE RENAISSANCE: Displayed in Contemporary Emblems.
London: J.M. Dent, 1909. FIRST EDITION. Edges nicely deckled; inscription on ffe; else, A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY without marking or defect. Contents: Papermaking and the Albigenses; Religious Emblems; Emblems of the Deity; Romaunt Emblems; "The Philosopher's Gold"; The Kabbalah; The Invention of Printing; Printers' Devices; The Transference of Woodblocks;.....
