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The Turba philosophorum

or assembly of the sages, called also the book of truth in the art and the third Pythagorical synod; an ancient alchemical treatise translated from the Latin, the chief readings of the shorter codex, parallels from the Greek alchemists, and explanations of obscure terms

Also known as The Turba philosophorum, or assembly of the sages, called also the book of truth in the art and the third Pythagorical synod; an ancient alchemical treatise translated from the Latin, the chief readings of the shorter codex, parallels from the Greek alchemists, and explanations of obscure terms

by Guglielmo Gratarolo & Arthur Edward Waite

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. At head of title: Alchemy Attributed to Guglielmo Grataroli Bibliographical footnotes 2 p. l., iv, 211 p. 20 cm

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

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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

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    • “Alchemy”· in subject

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or assembly of the sages, called also the book of truth in the art and the third Pythagorical synod; an ancient alchemical treatise translated from the Latin, the chief readings of the shorter codex, parallels from the Greek alchemists, and explanations of obscure terms

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1896George Redway; London, George RedwayEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • 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
  • Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
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openlibrary-work:OL18088497W
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