Vitulus aureus : the golden calf, or, A supplement to Apuleius's Golden ass an enquiry physico-critico-patheologico-moral into the nature and efficacy of gold: the prodigious changes it causes in the minds of men; so as sometimes to make a fool become a man of parts, and a man of parts a fool With the wonders of the psychoptic looking-glass, lately invented by the author / Joakim Philander.

  • Philander, Joakim, pseud.
Date:
1749
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Credit: Vitulus aureus : the golden calf, or, A supplement to Apuleius's Golden ass an enquiry physico-critico-patheologico-moral into the nature and efficacy of gold: the prodigious changes it causes in the minds of men; so as sometimes to make a fool become a man of parts, and a man of parts a fool With the wonders of the psychoptic looking-glass, lately invented by the author / Joakim Philander. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Exotick ExpreiTions; a great many very hard Words; a Power of Greek and La¬ tin : I abound with Terms of Art, like a true Adept; and give any juflReafon for them as feldom as the reft of my Bre¬ thren of the Occult Sciences. In a Word, I am as unintelligible in fome Places, as the greateft Doftor of them all. As for my Acquaintance with the Deany ?tis more than he knows; tho’ he is the greateft Proficient in thofe fame Sciences of any Man living: I wonder the Parlia¬ ment did not except him out of the Aft, in Favour of Conjurers. But tho’ I have the greateft Veneration for him in the World, I know the Dean fo well, that I am fure he wou’d have no Value for me, without intrimfick Merit, to recommend me. But, Mr. Printer^ I wou’d have you, nay order you to tell all the World, that there is nothing of Partyy nor Politicks in the whole Work; not the leaft Squint at Government Matters from the Begin¬ ning to the End; which perhaps fome won’t think a Commendation. Neither is it levelled at any particular Perfon, or Per- fons whatfoever: But only at Faults which are too common : There being no Perfon living, as I know of, with whom any one Character deferibed in thefe Sheets will agree. Nor, in fine is it wrote with In- B % tent