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An easie introduction to the philosophers magical gold

to which is added, Zor[o]asters cave : as also, John Pontanus Epistle upon the mineral fire, otherwise called, The philosophers stone

by George Thor, Johannes Isacius Pontanus & George. Zoroaster's cave Thor.

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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1st published as Cheiragogia heliana, a manuduction to the philosopher's magical gold (London : Humphrey Moseley, 1659); that title is the caption title on p. 1 of the present ed. Cf. Hogart Hogart, R. Alchemy Wing

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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.

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

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to which is added, Zor[o]asters cave : as also, John Pontanus Epistle upon the mineral fire, otherwise called, The philosophers stone

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1667London : Printed for Matthew Smelt ...; Printed for Matthew Smelt ...English—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 2 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:OL15355953W
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