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The lives of alchemystical philosophers

with a critical catalogue of books in occult chemistry, and a selection of the most celebrated treatises on the theory and practice of the hermetic art

Also known as The lives of alchemystical philosophers; with a critical catalogue of books in occult chemistry, and a selection of the most celebrated treatises. On the theory and practice of the hermetic art

by Francis Barrett

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The authorship was attributed to Barrett as early as 1824, but is not certain. Cf. Hogart Four unnumbered pages of publisher's announcements at end "Alchemical books": p. [95]-112 Hogart, R. Alchemy

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “occult” in the subtitle, “occult” in the alternative title, and “occult” in the edition subtitle.

    • “occult”· in subtitle
    • “occult”· in alternative title
    • “occult”· in edition subtitle
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “hermetic” in the subtitle, “hermetic” in the alternative title, “Alchemy” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Alchemy”· via Internet Archive
    • “Alchemy”· via Open Library
    • “hermetic”· in subtitle
    • “hermetic”· in alternative title
    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject

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with a critical catalogue of books in occult chemistry, and a selection of the most celebrated treatises on the theory and practice of the hermetic art

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1815London : Printed by Macdonald and Son ... for Lackington, Allen, & Co. ...; London : Printed by Macdonald and son, for Lackington, Allen, & co.; Printed by Macdonald and Son ... for Lackington, Allen, & Co. ...English—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome 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: americana; gettyalchemy
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
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  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
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