An edition of The last vvill and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the order of St. Bennet (1671)

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 Gods 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

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An edition of The last vvill and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the order of St. Bennet (1671)

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 Gods 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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Printed by S.G. and B.G. for Edward Brewster ...
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534

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Subjects

Medicine, Alchemy, Early works to 1800, Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

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Cover of: The last vvill and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the order of St. Bennet
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 Gods 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
1671, Printed by S.G. and B.G. for Edward Brewster ...
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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, 35

Wing B1018

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Last will and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the order of St. Bennet

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Johannes Worlidge

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[24], 534 p., [1] folded leaf of plates :
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534

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