NEWTON AND THE CULTURE OF NEWTONIANISM.
Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press International, 1995. In wraps as issued; VERY GOOD COPY. Plates. Bibliography. [ix], 139 pages, indexed. Tall 8vo.
Alchemy & Hermetica
ALCHEMICAL DEATH & RESURRECTION: The Significance of Alchemy in the Age of Newton.
Washington, DC: Smithsonian, 1990. Limited edition of 2000 copies. A most beautiful production in saddle-stitched wraps; color foldout stretching to near three feet, and 12 pages of additional illustrations. A FINE COPY. Teeter Dobbs is best known for her work on Newton and the book, THE HUNTING OF THE GREEN.....
THE GOLD MAKERS: Ten Thousand Years of Alchemy.
London / Brussels: Nicholson & Watson, [1948]. Signature on fly; otherwise, A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME in lightly chipped dust jacket. Illustrated. 301 pages, indexed. Octavo.
ASTRO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TWELVE CHEMICAL TYPES.
Castle Rock, CO: Brotherhood of the White Temple, 1941. In wraps as issued, sidebound; VERY GOOD+. Doreal produced the typescripts, and then ran them on his mimeograph machine, an early self publisher, but he was also a bookseller who traded in older metaphysical volumes. 47 pages, plus publication ads on.....
THE PRACTISE OF CHYMICALL AND HERMETICAL PHYSICKE, for the Preservation of Health. Written in Latin by Iosephus Quersitanus, Doctor of Phisicke, and Translated into English, by Thomas Timme, minister.
Norwood, NJ: Walter Johnson (in collaboration with Theatrum Orbis), 1975. A FINE SEWN CLOTH VOLUME. The English Experience, its record in early printed books published in facsimile, number 728. Facsimile of the London, 1605 edition. 208 pages. Octavo.
FULCANELLI AND ALCHEMICAL REVIVAL: The Man Behind the "Mystery of the Cathedrals".
Rochester: Inner Traditions, 2006. Quality trade paper edition; A FINE COPY. 177 pages. Tall 8vo.
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.
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. 669 pages with index. Sixteen plates in rear. A facsimile of the (London) E. Weil, 1949 edition.
CROSS CURRENTS OF JUNGIAN THOUGHT: An Annotated Bibliography.
Boulder / London: Shambhala, 1991. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket. 489 pages. Royal octavo.
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 DIVINE PYMANDER OF HERMES. In Twelve Books with Commentary.
San Diego: Wizard's Bookshelf, 1994. FIRST WIZARD EDITION. MINT hardcover copy with an illustrated front panel. One of Robb's best productions. Classic Hermetica.
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. FINE AND UNREAD COPY in quality trade wraps. More than two hundred rare plates and illustrations highlight this work and the reproduction is excellent. 248 pages. 4to.
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+ or better 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.....
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.
A GOLDEN AND BLESSED CASKET OF NATURE'S MARVELS.
London: James Elliott, 1893. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher's cloth; A VERY GOOD+ COPY of one of Elliott's and Waite's best collaborations.357 pages with appended index and Elliott Catalogue. Octavo.
A GOLDEN AND BLESSED CASKET OF NATURE'S MARVELS.
London: James Elliott, 1893. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher's cloth; dark end papers show a mere hint of cracking at the hinge; titles bright against the dark green Victorian binding; A FINE COPY. Original John M. Watkins bookseller sticker lower rear end paper. 357 pages with appended index and Elliott Catalogue.....
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.....
