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The last vvill and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the Order of St. Bennet

which being alone, he hid under a table of marble, behind the high-altar of the Cathedral Church, in the imperial city of Erford, leaving it there to be found by him whom God's Providence should make worthy of it : to which is added two treatises, the first declaring his manual operations, the second shewing things natural and supernatural : never before published in English

Also known as The Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine, Monke of the Order of St. Bennet

by Basilius Valentinus

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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In 5 parts and 4 addition sections, each with special t.p "To the reader" (p. [3]-[6]) signed by J.W., who revised and expanded the previous English translation The folded woodcut plate before p. 1 is entitled: A table of chymicall & philosophicall charecters with their significations as they are vsually found in chymicall authors both printed & manuscript. Symbolic woodcut ill. occur in the section entitled: A practick treatise together with the XII. keys and appendix of the great stone of the ancient philosophers (p. [211] ff.) Signatures: A b B-V X Aa-Dd Ee-Ff Gg-Nn Hogart, R. Alchemy Wing

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Ancient religions, animism, and ritual, and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “supernatural” in the subtitle and “supernatural” in the edition subtitle.

    • “supernatural”· in subtitle
    • “supernatural”· in edition subtitle
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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

    • “Alchemy”· via Internet Archive
    • “Alchemy”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Alchemy”· via Open Library
    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

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which being alone, he hid under a table of marble, behind the high-altar of the Cathedral Church, in the imperial city of Erford, leaving it there to be found by him whom God's Providence should make worthy of it : to which is added two treatises, the first declaring his manual operations, the second shewing things natural and supernatural : never before published in English

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London: Printed by S. G. and B.G. for E. Brewster, 1671

1671London : Printed by S.G. and B.G. for Edward Brewster ...; Printed by S.G. and B.G. for Edward Brewster; Printed by S.G. and B.G. for Edward Brewster ...English—No ebook

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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
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): QD25 .B27
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: Printed by S. G. and B.G. for E. Brewster, 1671
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