ALCHEMY OF THE WORD: Cabala of the Renaissance.
Albany" SUNY Press, 1998. FIRST EDITION. A FINE HARDCOVER COPY. 364 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.
Alchemy & Hermetica
ALCHIMIE ET MEDECINE.
Paris: Editions Dangles, 1960. In sewn wraps as issued; pictorial front panel; lightly rubbed, no marking; VERY GOOD+. Translated by Anne Forestier. Originally published in German in 1948. Introduction by Dr. Henri Hunwald. 194 pages. Octavo.
OCCULT CHEMISTRY: Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements. Together with: Jinarajadasa's OCCULT CHEMISTRY INVESTIGATIONS [1946]; Also, Together with: OCCULT CHEMISTRY RE-EVALUATED by E, Lester Smith [1982]. Three works.
London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919. Revised Edition. Wear to binding, but firm and clean; VERY GOOD CLOTH COPY. Edited by A.P. Sinnett. Twenty four plates, many under tissue. Folding chart. 109 pages, [x]. Tall octavo.
THE BOOK OF SECRETS OF ALBERTUS MAGNUS: Of the Virtues of Herbs, Stones and Certain Beasts, also a Book of the Marvels of the World.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1973. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Premium Cloth Volume in dust jacket. Series of Studies in Tudor and Stuart Literature. Frontispiece. Thirty three rare figures. [xlviii], 128 pages, indexed. Octavo.
PARACELSUS in der Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (Amsterdam). Ausstellung zum 500, Geburtjahr des Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim. Paracelsus genannt.
Amsterdam: In der Pelikan, 1993. In tall wraps as issued; A FINE COPY with errata slip, supplemental clippings, and separate index sheet laid in. Well illustrated with numerous title pages from the Ritman holdings as well as rare portraits. 87 pages. Tall 4to.
TAOISM: The Road to Immortality.
Boulder: Shambhala, 1978. FIRST EDITION. Original sample volume sent to Shambhala prior to release with a Book Spec sheet bound in by the printer; A FINE COPY. 195 pages. Octavo.
DOCTOR ILLUMINATUS: A Ramon Llull Reader.
London: Princeton University Press, 1985. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Copy in dark blue premium cloth. Sewn, archival, and unread. Excellent essay on the Lully's historical significance precedes the selection of rare works newly translated from the Catalan. 380 pages. Tall octavo.
DOCTOR ILLUMINATUS: A Ramon Llull Reader.
London: Princeton University Press, 1985. In quality academic wraps, sewn and archival; A Fine copy, unread. Excellent essay on the Lully's historical significance precedes a selection of many of Lully's rare works, newly translated from the Catalan. 380 pages. Royal 8vo.
STUDIES ON ALCHEMY, DIET, MEDICINE AND PROGNOSTICATION IN MIDDLE ENGLISH.
Brussels: UFSAL, 1986. In academic wraps; A FINE COPY. Scripta - Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies Series. Illustrated. 143 pages. 8vo.
TRITHEMIUS AND MAGICAL THEOLOGY: A Chapter in the Controversy over Occult Studies in Early Modern Europe.
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (SUNY), 1999. Quality text paper edition; A FINE COPY. Bibliography. SUNY Series in Western Esoteric Traditions series. [x], 354 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.
THE VERTUOSE BOKE OF DISTYLLACYON OF THE WATERS OF ALL MANER OF HERBES; With the Fygures of the Styllatoryes, Fyrst Made and Compyled by the Thyrte Yeres Study and Labour of the Moste Co[n]nynge and Famous Mayster of Phisyke, Master Iherom Bruynswyke. And now newly translated out of Duyche into Englysshe Nat only to the synguler helpe and profyte of the surgyens, phisycyens, and pothecaryes, but also of all maner of people, parfytely and in dewe tyme and ordre to lerne to dystyll all maner of herbes, to the profyte, cure, and remedy of all maner dysseases and infirmytees apparant and nat apparant. And ye shall vnderstande that the waters be better than the herbes, as Auicenna testefyeth in his fourthe conon saynge that all maner medicynes vsed with theyr substance, febleth and maketh aged, and weke. Cum gratia et preuilegio regali.
Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1973. Bruising to the tips; else, A VERY GOOD COPY. Facsimile of the 1527 London printed in black letter. Translated by Laurence Andrew, whose name appears in the heading to the prologue. Title page in red and black. Well illustrated with woodcuts of apparatus related to.....
CHEMIE IN DE KUNST.
Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1975. FIRST EDITION. In wraps as issued; binding shows use; VERY GOOD. Well illustrated. Text in Dutch. 69 pages. Tall 4to.
POPE'S DUNCIAD AND THE QUEEN OF NIGHT: A Study in Emotional Jacobitism.
UK: Manchester University Press, 1985. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY. A serious study with one chapter on "The Mystery of the Alchemical King". Frontispiece. 190 pages, indexed. Octavo.
THE MOST MYSTERIOUS MANUSCRIPT: The Voynich "Roger Bacon" Cipher Manuscript.
Carbondale: SIU Press [London/Amsterdam: Feffer & Simons], 1978. FIRST EDITION. Custom end papers; A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. With eleven plates. [xii], 175 pages, indexed. Octavo.
BOOK OF DISTILLATION.
New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1971. A FINE CLOTH COPY. New introduction by Harold J. Abrahams. Twenty four additional pages added to the introduction. Sources of Science Series # 79. [cxx], 276 pages. Tall 4to.
LIBER DE ARTE DISTIL LANDI DE COMPOSITIS; Das Buch der Waren Kunst zu Distillieren.
Leipzig: Unveränderter fotomechanischer [Nachdruck der Originalausgabe, 1512], 1972. Nicely bound in cream linen with pressed titles; A FINE COPY of a scarce edition published in East Germany. 344 pages. Illustrated. Small folio.
THE ART OF ALCHEMY: The Generation of Gold; A Course of Practical Lessons in Metallic Transmutation; Being a New Illumination Regarding the Secret Science of the Sages. Four volumes.
Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group [The Alchemical Press], 1990. A FINE SET in custom wraps as issued. Extraordinary study of the symbols of the Kabbalah, sacred Mathematics, Hebraic numerology and mystical Chemistry with a particular emphasis on the symbolism of the Hebrew letters. Four volume set in a protective vinyl slipcase.....
THE ALCHEMIST: The Official Organ of the Glasgow University Alchemists' Club. Volumes 1 to 4 I twenty numbers.
Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 1925-29. Original issues bound in one volume. Spine is sunned, binding firm; internals fine and free of any marking; A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY. Illustrated, including many full page advertisements for books, chemical equipment, local restaurants,, even lab coats. 292 pages. Octavo.
THE ARTS OF THE ALCHEMISTS.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1967. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME in dust jacket. Colored frontispiece [from Splendor Solis], with eight additional full color plates, and 130 black and white illustrations. Bibliography. [xvi], 224 pages, indexed. 4to.
MANUEL BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DES SCIENCES PSYCHIQUES OU OCCULTES: Sciences des Mages; Hermetique; Astrologie; Kabbale; Franc-Maconniere; Medicine ancienne; Mesmerisme; Sorcellerie; Singularities; Aberrations de tout ordre Curiosities; Sources Bibliographiques et Documentaires sur ces sujets. Three Volumes.
Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino (1997). A FINE CLOTH SET. Facsimile of the Lucien Dorbon 1912 Edition. 11648 entries. Text in French. V. I: [lxx], 532 pages. V. II: [iv), 534 pages; V. III: (iv), 768 pages. Octavo.
INDEX GENERAL. Des termes spéciaux, des expressions et des sentences propores à l alchimie se rencontrant dans l Suvre complète d Eugène Canseliet.
Paris: Editions Suger, 1986. In sewn wraps as issued; A VERY GOOD COPY. Illustrated. Edited by Jean LaPlace.Text in French. 267 pages. Tall 8vo.
ASPECTS MYSTIQUES DE LA ROME PAIENNE.
Paris: L'Artisan du Livre, 1942. Browning from tape (?) end papers, but no longer in residence or needed as the binding is most firm; A FINE COPY in mostly uncut European wraps. 314 pages. Text in French. Final section of some 100 pages is titled, "L'Hermetisme Africain". Two plates. Small.....
GIORGIONE: Tre Capolavori Alchemici.
Carmagnola: Editzioni Arktos, 1986. A FINE COPY in custom wraps as issued. Three full page plates, and catalogue. Text in Italian. 113 pages. Octavo.
THE ALCHEMISTS.
NY: Grove Press, 1961. In wraps; name on title page; Reading Copy. Well illustrated. Some notes. 192 pages. Small 8vo.
TRANSMUTATION: How the Alchemists Turned Lead Into Gold.
Upland, CA: Astara, 1969. First Edition. In wraps as issued; VERY GOOD+. Illustrated. 56 pages. 8vo.
