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scavoir, Le secret livre dv tres-ancien philosophe Artephivs, traitant de l'art occulte & transmutation metallique, latin françois : plvs, Les figvres hierogliphiqves de Nicolas Flamel, ainsi qu'il les a mises en la quatriesme arche qu'il a bastie au Cimetiere des innocens à Paris, entrant par la grande porte de la ruë S. Denys, & prenant la main droite, auec l'explication d'icelles par iceluy Flamel : ensemble, Le vray liure du docte Synesivs abbé grec, tiré de la bibliotheque de l'empereur sur le mesme subiect

by Pierre sieur de la chevallerie Arnauld, Artephius. Liber secretus artis occultae. French, Nicolas Flamel & alchemist. Vray livre de la pierre philosophale Synesius

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  • 17th century
  • Languages: French, Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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There apparently were two eds. in 1612, one with 98 p., the other with 103. See Yale Artephius printed with French and Latin on facing pages Signatures: A-N According to the entry in Yale, "Les figures hierogliphiques" includes a folded woodcut plate, printed from a number of separate blocks and bearing the legends: Nicolas Flamel, et Perrenelle sa femme; Comment les innocens fvrent occis par le commandement dv roy Herodes. Eight sections of the woodcut are printed at the heads of chapters 2-9, followed by allegorical explanations Library's copy lacks folded woodcut plate Hogart, R. Alchemy Yale. Alchemy

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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 description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject

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scavoir, Le secret livre dv tres-ancien philosophe Artephivs, traitant de l'art occulte & transmutation metallique, latin françois : plvs, Les figvres hierogliphiqves de Nicolas Flamel, ainsi qu'il les a mises en la quatriesme arche qu'il a bastie au Cimetiere des innocens à Paris, entrant par la grande porte de la ruë S. Denys, & prenant la main droite, auec l'explication d'icelles par iceluy Flamel : ensemble, Le vray liure du docte Synesivs abbé grec, tiré de la bibliotheque de l'empereur sur le mesme subiect

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1612A Paris : Chez Gvillavme Marette ...; Chez Gvillavme Marette ...French, Latin—Public

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  • 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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