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A discovery of fire and salt

discovering many secret mysteries, as well philosophicall, as theologicall

Also known as A discovrse of fire and salt

by Blaise de Vigenère & Stephens Edward Rev

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Translator's dedication, p. [3], signed: Edvvard Stephens Caption title, p. [1]: An excellent treatise of fire and salt. Composed by the Lord Blaise of Vigenere Hogart, R. Alchemy

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description and “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Alchemy”· via Open Library
    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject

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Editions

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A discovrse of fire and salt

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1649London : Printed by R. Cotes; Printed by R. CotesEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; gettyalchemy
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
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openlibrary-work:OL2434780W
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