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Loves garland, or, Posies for rings, hand-kerchers, & gloves, and such pretty tokens that lovers send their loves

a reprint, whereunto is added a collection of posie mottoes gathered from divers sources, and entitled Ye garland of ye Sette of Odd Volumes : to which is prefixed an introduction, in which some trite things are said concerning the efforts of the early alchemists to transmute the baser metals into gold, showing a way through the labyrinths of "ye mystic art" to the abode of Cupid : concluding by a few words to the unsentimental sceptic, and an authentic definition of the philosopher's stone

Also known as Loves garland: or, Posies for rings, hand-kerchers, & gloves: and such pretty tokens that lovers send their loves. A reprint. Whereunto is added a collection of posie mottoes ... entitled, Ye garland of ye Sette of odd volumes. To which is prefixed an introduction, in which some trite things are said concerning the efforts of the early alchemists to transmute the baser metals into gold

by James Roberts Brown

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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102 p., 1 l. 15 x 12 cm Reprint, p. [41]-[63], with reproduction of original t.-p., ornaments, tailpiece, etc., of the edition having imprint: London, Printed by Andrew Clark, 1674 Ye garland of ye Sette of odd volumes contains: "Poesies" reprinted from "The card of courtship," London, Printed by J.C. for Humphrey Moseley, 1653, p. 66-80; Posie mottoes from rings in the possession of John Evans and Robert Day, p. 81-99 List of club's members: p. [101]-102

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Demonology, angelology, and possession.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “possession” in the description.

    • “possession”· in description

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a reprint, whereunto is added a collection of posie mottoes gathered from divers sources, and entitled Ye garland of ye Sette of Odd Volumes : to which is prefixed an introduction, in which some trite things are said concerning the efforts of the early alchemists to transmute the baser metals into gold, showing a way through the labyrinths of "ye mystic art" to the abode of Cupid : concluding by a few words to the unsentimental sceptic, and an authentic definition of the philosopher's stone

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1883Imprynted by Bro. C.W.H. Wyman; London, Imprynted by Bro. C.W.H. WymanEnglish—No ebook

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  • Contributing institution: Smithsonian Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
  • 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: biodiversity
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openlibrary-work:OL32652052W
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