ON THE MYSTICAL POETRY OF HENRY VAUGHAN.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1962. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in dust jacket. 178 pages, indexed. Octavo.
Alchemy & Hermetica
BIBLIOTHECA ALCHEMICA ET CHEMICA: An Annotated Catalogue of Printed Books on Alchemy, Chemistry, and Cognate Subjects in the Library of Denis I. Duveen.
Mansfield Centre: CT: Martino Fine Books, 1998. A FINE CLOTH COPY in original shrink wrap. Sixteen plates in rear. A facsimile of the (London) E. Weil, 1949 edition. 669 pages with index. Octavo.
THE PROFESSOR OF SECRETS: Mystery, Medicine, And Alchemy In Renaissance Italy.
Washington, DC: NatGeo Press, 2010. FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN FINE DUST JACKET. Illustrated. Focuses on the world of Renaissance medicine and the sundry arts necessary for its practice. 368 pages. Tall 8vo.
SCIENCE AND THE SECRETS OF NATURE: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. FIRST EDITION. Very fine premium cloth copy in a fine dust jacket. 490 pages with index and a superb bibliography. Study of metaphysics, medicine, alchemy and magic. Illustrated. Small 4to.
ROGER BACON AND HIS SEARCH FOR A UNIVERSAL SCIENCE: A Reconsideration of the Life and Work of Roger Bacon in the Light of His Own Stated Purpose.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1952. FIRST EDITION. Very Good+ cloth volume without marking or defect. Bibliography. 255 pages, indexed. Octavo.
ANATOMY OF THE PSYCHE: Alchemical Symbolism in Psychotherapy.
LaSalle, IL: Open Court, 1988. Quality trade paper edition; front cover ruffled slightly; else, A VERY GOOD+ COPY. Reality of the Psyche Series. Heavily illustrated. 260 pages, indexed. Tall 8vo.
THE HERMETIC TRADITION: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art.
Rochester: Inner Traditions, 1995. Quality trade paper edition; FINE COPY. Translated from the Italian by E.E. Rehmus. 240 pages, Tall octavo.
ALCHEMY: The Mediaeval Alchemists and Their Royal Art.
Wellingborough: Aquarian Press, 1989. Revised edition. A FINE COPY in fine dust jacket. Graphically, a superb contribution to alchemical studies with over 400 figures. 248 pages, indexed. Tall 4to.
ALCHEMY: The Medieval Alchemists and their Royal Art.
London: Diamond, 1994. A FINE COPY, unread, in tall quality trade wraps. More than two hundred rare plates and illustrations highlight this work, and the reproduction values are excellent. 248 pages. 4to.
MODERN ESOTERIC SPIRITUALITY.
New York: Crossroad, 1992. FIRST EDITION. FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Excellent selections by the editors, including: "Alchemical Esotericism and the Hermeneutics of Culture"; "Renaissance Kabbalah"; "Rosicrucianism: From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century"; "Jacob Boehme and his Followers'; plus essays on Jung, Steiner, Gurdjieff, and Guenon. 413.....
ISAAC NEWTON AND THE TRANSMUTATION OF ALCHEMY: An Alternative View of the Scientific Revolution.
Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2009. Quality trade paper edition: A FINE COPY. Nine rare illustrations, including some Dee related and Invisible College. 247 pages, indexed. Tall 8vo.
THE ROYAL ART OF ALCHEMY.
NY: Chilton Book Co., 1969. First American Edition. VERY GOOD+ cloth volume in dust jacket. Illustrated. Translated from the German by Richard Weber. 264 pages with index. Octavo.
BIBLIOTHECA CHEMICA: A Catalogue of the Alchemical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Books in the Collection of the late James Young of Kelly and Durris. Two volumes.
London: Derek Verschoyle 1954. A FINE CLOTH SET. Extensive commentary throughout. Foreword by F. Sherwood Taylor. V. I: [xxiv],487 pages. V. II: [ii], 598 pages. Small 4to.
BIBLIOTHECA CHEMICA: Catalogue of the Alchemical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Books in the Collection of the Late James Young of Kelly and Durris, .... Two volumes.
London: Holland Press, 1954. A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH SET. Nicely printed and bound in red buckram. This set is a catalogue of the Young Collection at the University of Glasgow Library. 1085 pages with extensive commentary throughout. New foreword by Alchemical scholar, F. Sherwood Taylor, who was the editor of.....
ALCHEMY: An Illustrated A to Z.
London: Blandford, 1998. Fine Cloth Copy in fine dust jacket. 160 illustrations, many in color. 192 pages. Tall octavo.
THE DREAM OF POLIPHILO: The Soul in Love.
Dallas: Spring Publications, 1987. Quality text paper edition; A FINE COPY. Translated by Mary Hottinger. Foreword by C. G. Jung. [xv], 244 pages. Royal octavo.
MODERN ALCHEMY.
New York: Appleton, 1940. FIRST EDITION. Some browning to end papers; else, a Very Good cloth copy in chipped jacket. Illustrated. [xii], 171 pages, indexed.
NICOLAS FLAMMEL, His Exposition of the Hieroglyphicall Figures, Which he caused to be Painted upon an Arch in St. Innocents Church-yard, in Paris, Concerning both the Theory and the Practice of the Philosophers Stone. Faithfully... Done into English out of the French and Latine Copies, by Eirenaeus Orandus...
Publisher and date unknown, circa 1975. In wraps as issued with illustrated cover; copper felt over cream text paper; hand corrected facsimile of a section from the 1624 edition, plus original illustrations; VERY GOOD. [IV], 45 pages. Square octavo. A Scarce Pamphlet.
ALCHEMY AND COLOUR. [Ciba Revew 61/5]
Basle: Ciba Review, 1961. Light rubbing; name on front panel; else, A FINE COPY. Excellent Forbes material on the Pots of Geber's Cooks, use of alchemy in color dyes, and a study of modern chemistry in comparison to the alchemical tradition. With rare plates including color plates from the 15th.....
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ART OF DISTILLATION: From the Beginnings up to the Death of Cellier Blumenthal.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1948. FIRST EDITION. Some browning to front free end papers; else, A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME in clean, chipped and fragile dust jacket, now in a Mylar protector. With 203 illustrations. [iii], 405 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.
ALCHIMIE. Les Mystères des Sciences Occults series 4.
Paris: Editions Gobelins, 1947. In original wraps as issued; text yellowing; A GOOD COPY. Text in French.32 pages. 16mo. Scarce.
THE EGYPTIAN HERMES: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind.
Cambridge MA: Cambridge University Press 1993. In text wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. With a new preface. 244 pages, indexed. Royal octavo.
THE EGYPTIAN HERMES: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind.
Cambridge MA: Cambridge University Press 1986. FIRST EDITION. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME IN FINE DUST JACKET. 244 pages, indexed. Royal octavo.
THE EGYPTIAN HERMES: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind.
Cambridge MA: Cambridge University Press 1986. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME. 244 pages, indexed. Royal octavo.
THE MILLENNIUM OF HIERONYMOUS BOSCH: Outlines of a New Interpretation.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD cloth volume in the chipped dust jacket. Translated by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. With color plates and an extraordinary text, being most meaningful for inner Rosicrucian teachings. 4to.
