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Libra Esoterica

De mineralibus

tractatus in genere

by Joannes Guidus

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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"'...Guidi was a jurisconsult and the volume is chiefly concerned with legal questions involving alchemists, gems, and so forth.' [Thorndike, History of Magic, 7, 252]"--Gemology, by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 2608. Partial contents: Liber I. De metallarus; De artificius metallorum; De alchimistis.--Lib. II. De metallis; De auro, & argento; De gemmis; De ferro, & armis; De salinis.--Lib. III. De moneta; De thesauris; De rebus aureis, & argenteis; De ornamentis; De vistibus auratis.--Lib. IV. De publica vtilitate; De privata vtilitate. Partial contents: P. 64-73, (De gemmis) and p. 174-80 (De ornamentis) deal specifically with gems.

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  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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tractatus in genere

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