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Aphorismi Urbigerani, or, Certain rules clearly demonstrating the three infallible ways of preparing the grand elixir, or circulatum majus of the philosophers

discovering the secret of secrets, and detecting the errors of vulgar chymists in their operations : contain'd in one hundred and one aphorisms : to which are added, The three ways of preparing the vegetable elixir, or circulatum minus

by Baro Urbigerus & William Faithorne

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Engraved allegorical frontispiece signed in the plate: W.F. [i.e. William Faithorne] "Circulatum minus Urbigeranum, or, The philosophical elixir of vegetables" (p. [55]-86) has special t.p., paging continuous Pages [52]-[54] blank Hogart, R. Alchemy Wing

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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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discovering the secret of secrets, and detecting the errors of vulgar chymists in their operations : contain'd in one hundred and one aphorisms : to which are added, The three ways of preparing the vegetable elixir, or circulatum minus

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1690London : Printed for Henry Faithorne ...; Printed for Henry Faithorne ...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 3 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:OL15373567W
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