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Preface to the Reader · 1611 · Passage 1
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- 1611 pp. 3
Latin
Praefatio ad Lectorem
Praefatio ad Lectorem. Omnibus Chymicae Artis Inquisitoribus, genuinis videlicet Hermetis filiis, Autor salutem et benedictionem a Deo precatur.
English
Preface by the Author to the Reader
Preface to the Reader. To all investigators of the chymical art, the true children of Hermes, the author wishes health and prays for God’s blessing.
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The complete supplied Latin–English edition of the Twelve Treatises, Epilogue, Enigma, Parable, Dialogue of Mercury and Treatise of Sulphur, with original preliminaries, John French’s historical English address and its separately labelled modernisation, 101 annotations and the complete study apparatus.
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The Twelve Treatises and their concluding texts follow the selected 1606 Herzog August Bibliothek witness. The Dialogue uses the 1607 Cologne printing; the author’s preface and Alsted epigram use Frankfurt 1611. Sulphur uses the 1616 Munich and Rome witnesses. John French’s 1650 address is separately identified as historical English reception.
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