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De lapide philosophico, das ist, Von dem Gebenedeyten Stein der Weysen oder Chemia

zu gründlichem vnnd warhafftigem Bericht, allen Werden Liebhabern, der Waren, Edlen und reinen Kunst Chemiae, gantz hell vnd klar, aus brüderlicher Liebe und Wolmeinung geschrieben

by Johann Bernhard Hildebrandt

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: German
  • Content type: Primary source

Signatures: A-L⁸ M⁴ Illustrations: eleven woodcuts with alchemical imagery and emblems The majority of the woodcut illustrations in the Getty Research Institute copy are hand-colored Binding: old vellum over boards; ink title on spine; sprinkled edges; engraved bookplate of Säfstaholms Bibliotek on front pastedown; heraldic wax seals on front free end-paper and final page The library's copy is bound with: Claveus Germanicus, das ist, Ein köstlichess Büchlein von dem Stein der Weisen. Hall in Sachsen : Peter Schmidt, 1617 -- Clavis Sapiente, das ist, Ein Edles vnd köstliches Büchlein vom Stein der Weysen welcher genant wird, der Schlüssel der grössern Weissheit. Halle in Sachsen : Peter Schmidt, 1618 -- [an incomplete copy of an unidentified alchemical work in German, without title or preliminaries]

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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 matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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    • Alchemy· in subject

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zu gründlichem vnnd warhafftigem Bericht, allen Werden Liebhabern, der Waren, Edlen und reinen Kunst Chemiae, gantz hell vnd klar, aus brüderlicher Liebe und Wolmeinung geschrieben

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1618-01-01T00:00:00ZGedruckt zu Hall in Sachsen : Bey Peter Schmidt, in vorlegung Joachimi KruscickenGermanPublic digitized item

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  • 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
  • Scanner: gri-digital-services
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internet-archive:gri_33125011217474
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