Paracelsus his Aurora, and Treasure of the Philosophers. As also the Water-stone of the wise men [by J.A. Siebmacher]; describing the matter of, and manner how to attain the universal tincture / Faithfully Englished. And published by J.H. Oxon [i.e. John Harding].
- Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
- Date:
- 1659
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Printed for Giles Calvert, 1659.
Physical description
4 unnumbered leaves, 229 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf ; (12mo)
Notes
Edited by: James Howell?
Contains translations of "Aurora philosophorum", a supposititious work possibly by G. Dorn, "Thesaurus thesaurorum", and "Wasserstein der weisen " by Johann Sibmacher. Cf. BM
Signatures: A⁴, B-K¹², L⁸ (C3 incorrectly signed C4; L7, verso, L8, advertisements)
Pages 30, 110 incorrectly numbered 31, 210, respectively
Copy 1 Note: Sudhoff suggests John Hester or John Headrick as the translator. For the identification of Harding, see C. Webster 'The great instauration', London, 1975, p. 281.
References note
Sudhoff, K. Bibliographica paracelsica 389
Wing B3540
Duveen, D. Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica, 1965, p.452, 454
ESTC R211463
Ferguson alchemy, 1943, ii, p.516, 652
Wing (2nd ed., 1994) B3540
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/A/39655