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VALENTINE, Basle (fl. 15th century). Les douze clefs de philosophie ... traictant de la vraye médecine métalique; plus l'Azoth ou le moyen de faire l'or caché des philosophes. Translated by David Lagneau or possibly Jean Gobille. Paris: Pierre Moët, 1659 — Bernard le Trévisan (1406-1490). Traicté de la nature de l'oeuf des philosophes. Paris: 1659.
3 parts in one volume as issued, 8° (165 x 100mm). Part 1: one engraved plate only (of 12), woodcut arms on C2v. Part 2: 15 emblematic woodcuts, including one on title. (Some marginal soiling, some worming at inner margins, dampstains towards end, K4r of part 1 ink stained.) Contemporary calf (restored but worn, crack in upper joints, covers rubbed and flaked). Provenance: Arnault 1660 (inscription on front free endpaper, ?his occasional marginalia and scoring in ink) – astrological note on rear free endpaper – bibliographical pencil notes on first title.
Second French edition, dedicated by the printer to Sir Kenelm Digby by virtue of his work on the 'Powder of sympathy', a form of sympathetic magic. The twelve keys, corresponding with the twelve signs of the zodiac, are to unlock the doors of knowledge and unseal the secret of the fountain of youth. The 12 engraved plates intended to illustrate them are often lacking, and are not called for by Ferguson. Caillet 800n and 802, 798, 1043; Duveen 48; Ferguson I, 77 and 101; Wellcome II, 111 and 152.
3 parts in one volume as issued, 8° (165 x 100mm). Part 1: one engraved plate only (of 12), woodcut arms on C2v. Part 2: 15 emblematic woodcuts, including one on title. (Some marginal soiling, some worming at inner margins, dampstains towards end, K4r of part 1 ink stained.) Contemporary calf (restored but worn, crack in upper joints, covers rubbed and flaked). Provenance: Arnault 1660 (inscription on front free endpaper, ?his occasional marginalia and scoring in ink) – astrological note on rear free endpaper – bibliographical pencil notes on first title.
Second French edition, dedicated by the printer to Sir Kenelm Digby by virtue of his work on the 'Powder of sympathy', a form of sympathetic magic. The twelve keys, corresponding with the twelve signs of the zodiac, are to unlock the doors of knowledge and unseal the secret of the fountain of youth. The 12 engraved plates intended to illustrate them are often lacking, and are not called for by Ferguson. Caillet 800n and 802, 798, 1043; Duveen 48; Ferguson I, 77 and 101; Wellcome II, 111 and 152.
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