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JOHNSON, William (1771-1834). Lexicon chymicum. Cum obscuriorum verborum, et rerum hermeticarum, tum phrasium Paracelsicarum inscriptis ejus. Et aliorum chymicorum, passim occurentium, planam explicationem continens. London: William Nealand, 1652.
8o (143 x 93 mm). Title printed in red and black. (Light marginal dampstaining at beginning.) 20th-century half morocco.
FIRST EDITION of this rare early alchemical dictionary. "Johnson, who lived in London at Amen Corner in the middle of the seventeenth century was a chemist and follower of Paracelsus" (Ferguson I:439).
8o (143 x 93 mm). Title printed in red and black. (Light marginal dampstaining at beginning.) 20th-century half morocco.
FIRST EDITION of this rare early alchemical dictionary. "Johnson, who lived in London at Amen Corner in the middle of the seventeenth century was a chemist and follower of Paracelsus" (Ferguson I:439).