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The life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim

known by the name of Paracelsus : and the substance of his teachings concerning cosmology, anthropology, pneumatology, magic and sorcery, medicine, alchemy and astrology, philosophy and theosophy

by Franz Hartmann

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 2 sources behind this record supplied a summary of The life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim (1887). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Ritual magic and grimoires, Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

Subjects: History, Alchemy, Biography, Science, Physicians, History of Medicine, Paracelsus, Philosophers

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle and “Magic” in the edition subtitle.

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    • Magic· in edition subtitle
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subtitle, “Alchemy” in the subject metadata, and “Alchemy” in the edition subtitle.

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    • Alchemy· in edition subtitle
  • Astrology

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

    • Astrology· in subtitle
    • Astrology· in edition subtitle
  • Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the subtitle and “Theosophy” in the edition subtitle.

    • Theosophy· via Wellcome Collection
    • Theosophy· in subtitle
    • Theosophy· in edition subtitle

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Editions

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known by the name of Paracelsus : and the substance of his teachings concerning cosmology, anthropology, pneumatology, magic and sorcery, medicine, alchemy and astrology, philosophy and theosophy

Open Library record

1896Kegan Paul, Trench, TrubnerEnglishPublic

known by the name of Paracelsus, and the substance of his teachings concerning cosmology, anthropology, pneumatology, magic and sorcery, medicine, alchemy and astrology, philosophy and theosophy, extracted and translated from his rare and extensive works and from some unpublished manuscripts

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

xv, 311 pages ; 21 cm

[1896?]Theosophical Publishing CoEnglishCatalog record

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  • Open Library reports 10 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL5232980W
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