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expressing the ingress, progress, and egress of the secret Hermetick science, out of the choisest and most famous authors ... : whereunto is added, the Arcanum, or, Grand secret of hermetick philosophy

by Arthur Dee, Elias Ashmole, Thomas Cross & Jean d' Espagnet

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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By Arthur Dee. Published in Latin at Basle, 1629. Translated into English by Elias Ashmole under the anagram of James Hasolle. See Hogart "Arcanum" has special t.p., p. [155]: Arcanvm, or, The grand secret of hermetick philosophy ... / The work of a concealed author ... The third edition amended and enlarged. "Arcanum is presumed to be by Jean d'Espagnet; see BL Engraved symbolic frontispiece, signed in the plate: T. Cross sculp. The legend is 4 lines of verse, signed: T:W:M:D. Also an engraved symbolic diagram, p. 252 [i.e. 266] Hogart, R. Alchemy BL Wing

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • 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
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Retained metadata contains “legend” in the description.

    • “legend”· in description

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expressing the ingress, progress, and egress of the secret Hermetick science, out of the choisest and most famous authors ... : whereunto is added, the Arcanum, or, Grand secret of hermetick philosophy

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1650London : Printed by J. Flesher for Richard Mynne ...; Printed by J. Flesher for Richard Mynne ...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
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL15373092W
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