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Libra Esoterica

The holy guide

leading the way to the wonder of the world, a compleat phisitian, teaching the knowledge of all things, past, present, and to come, viz., of pleasure, long life, health, youth, blessedness, wisdome and virtue, and to cure, change, and remedy all diseases in young and old : with Rosie crusian medicines which are verified by a practical examination of principles in the great world and fitted for the easie understanding, plain practise, use, and benefit of mean capacities

by John Heydon & Thomas Cross

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Pagination, Book I: [128] (the 1st blank), 19 [i.e. 37], [1] (blank) p. Book II: [16] (the last blank), 169, [1] (blank) p. Book III: [8] (the last blank), 226 [i.e. 254] p. Book IV: [6], 83, [1] (blank) p. Book V: [6], 145, [1] (blank) p. Book VI: [10] (the last blank), 55, [31] p. (last leaf blank) Library's copy lacks final blank leaf Frontispiece is engraved port. of author, mounted on A1. It is signed in the plate: T. Cross sculpsit. Various diagrams and charts, some woodcut, including the author's horoscope on leaf e8v. Book II, p. [161] has an engraving with title: The figures of Astromancy and Geomancy good and evill Signatures: a-h A-3E 3F Hogart, R. Alchemy Wing (2nd ed.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, Divination and oracles, and Initiatory orders and secret societies.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description.

    • “Alchemy”· in description
  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “horoscope” in the description.

    • “horoscope”· in description
  • Divination and oracles

    Retained metadata contains “Geomancy” in the description.

    • “Geomancy”· in description
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

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

    • “Rosicrucians”· via Internet Archive
    • “Rosicrucians”· via Open Library
    • “Rosicrucians”· in subject

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leading the way to the wonder of the world, a compleat phisitian, teaching the knowledge of all things, past, present, and to come, viz., of pleasure, long life, health, youth, blessedness, wisdome and virtue, and to cure, change, and remedy all diseases in young and old : with Rosie crusian medicines which are verified by a practical examination of principles in the great world and fitted for the easie understanding, plain practise, use, and benefit of mean capacities

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1662London : Printed by T.M. and are to be sold by Thomas Whittlesey ...; Printed by T.M. and are to be sold by Thomas Whittlesey ...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
  • Scanner: scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
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openlibrary-work:OL3162043W
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