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XII. Clavis
- Twelfth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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XI. Clavis
- Eleventh Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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X. Clavis
- Tenth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VIII. Clavis
- Eighth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VII. Clavis
- Seventh Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
Bound volume contains a collection of alchemical texts. Select title pages and plates are digitized including the plates illustrating The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus).
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VI. Clavis
- Sixth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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Prima Clavis
- First Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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70 items
Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum
- 1678
Bound volume contains a compilation of earlier famous alchemical texts. Select title pages and plates are digitized including the plates illustrating The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus). Also…
- Author Philaletha, Basilius Valentinus, Norton, Thomas, Cremer, John, Flamel, N., Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622, Sendivogius, M., Lambspring, de Meung, Jean, Helvetius
- Engraver Merian, M.
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Apud Hermannum a Sande, Basilius Valentinus, Norton, Thomas, Cremer, John, Flamel, N., Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622, Sendivogius, M., Lambspring, de Meung, Jean, Helvetius, Merian, M., Philaletha, Alchemy
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Isaac Newton's copy of the Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers'] Stone
- Praeparatio Mercurii ad Lapidem per Regulu/am ♂ [Martis] ✱tum [Stellatum] et Lunam, ex MSS. Phi Americani
- After 1670 – before 1678
The manuscript—"On the Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers'] stone by means of the stellate regulus of Mars [i.e. iron] and Luna [i.e. silver] from the Manuscripts of the American Philosopher"—was…
- Author Starkey, George, 1627-1665
- Creator Of Work Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
- Subject Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, Starkey, George, 1627-1665, Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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IX. Clavis
- Ninth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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IV. Clavis
- Fourth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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III. Clavis
- Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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II. Clavis
- Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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The Scholar
- Circa 1640 – 1677
In the warm light of a left-hand window, a scholar sits absorbed in his work. His desk is topped with a wooden lectern, small vials and vessels, a globe, and an apothecary's jar with a red cloth lid. The room in which…
- Artist Wijck, Thomas
- Subject Apothecary jars, Globes, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Wijck, Thomas
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The Alchemist in his study with a woman making lace
- Circa 1640 – 1677
A dark study illuminated by single leaded glass window at left; in middle ground a seated man behind cluttered desk faces slightly left; open and closed books, papers, jars and jugs scattered on floor; at right a seated…
- Artist Wijck, Thomas
- Subject Lace and lace making, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Women in art
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An alchemist in his studio
- Circa 1640 – 1677
The alchemist's workroom, cluttered with broken vessels and scattered papers, is lit with warm yellow light from the double window at left. Through a large archway we see the alchemist at work by his desk, studiously…
- Artist Wijck, Thomas, 1616-1677
- Subject Wijck, Thomas, 1616-1677, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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An Alchemist in His Studio
- Circa 1640 – 1677
Holding a letter in his right hand, the alchemist glances to one side as if caught in contemplative thought. A large glass distillation apparatus—alembic, receiver, and cucurbit—is before him, shining with reflected…
- Artist Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Wyck, Thomas
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Alchemist in His Studio
- Circa 1640 – 1677
An alchemist reads a large book, seated in a cluttered laboratory with drapery-strewn arched ceilings. The scene is illuminated by the glow of daylight from an open window. His desk is piled high with open texts, folios…
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A Table of Chymicall & Philosophicall Charecters with their Significations as they are Usually Found in Chymicall Authors both Printed & Manuscript
- A Table of Chemical & Philosophical Characters with their Significations as they are Usually Found in Chemical Authors both Printed and Manuscript
- 1671
Table of alchemical symbols from The last will and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the Order of St. Bennet. These and other symbols are common throughout alchemical literature and were used to denote some…
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Subject Chemistry--Nomenclature, Alchemy, Chemistry--Abbreviations
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64 items
Mundus subterraneus : in XII libros digestus
- quo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo pantamorphon protei regnum, universae denique naturae majestas et divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur.
- 1665
A first edition work, with two volumes bound in one folio, by Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680), a German Jesuit scholar who published many extensive works on scientific, religious, and other subjects. Dubbed the “Master…
- Author Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
- Publisher Janssonium, Joannem
- Contributor Elizeum, Weyerstraten
- Subject Alchemy, Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680, Natural history, Mines and mineral resources, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hydrography, Earth sciences, Geochemistry, Volcanoes, Earth (Planet)
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Touching Sir Edward Kelley, he was borne at Worcester, the scheame of whose Nativity (Graved from the Originall Calculation of Doctor Dee, and under his Hand) I here Exhibite.
- Part of Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
- Creator Of Work Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
- Printer Grismond, John
- Subject Alchemy
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Title page from Elias Ashmole's Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- Part of Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
The engraved emblem on the lower half of this title page was made after a 15th-century illuminated manuscript (now preserved in the British Library) and depicts an eagle, snake, and toad against a solar and lunar…
- Creator Of Work Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
- Engraver Vaughan, Robert, 1597-1663
- Printer Grismond, John
- Subject Alchemy, Title pages
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Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
First published in 1652, this compilation of English alchemical literature was collected and annotated by Elias Ashmole. The book made available many works that had previously existed only in privately held manuscripts,…
- Creator Of Work Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
- Printer Grismond, John
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Here followeth the Figure conteyning [containing] all the secrets of the Treatise both great & small
- Part of Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
Engraved diagram from George Ripley's The Compound of Alchymie. Known as Ripley's Wheel, the drawing depicts concentric planetary spheres along with his alchemical recipes.
- Author Ripley, George, -1490?
- Creator Of Work Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
- Engraver Goddard, John, active 1645-1671
- Printer Grismond, John
- Subject Alchemy