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I–XIII: First Matter and the Philosophical Subject · Modern English
Original English
Aphorismi Urbigerani, Or Certain Rules, clearly demonstrating the Three Infallible Ways of preparing the Grand Elixir of the Philosophers.
Modern English
Urbigerus’s Aphorisms; or, Certain Rules Clearly Demonstrating the Three Infallible Ways of Preparing the Philosophers’ Grand Elixir
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Reading Aphorismi Urbigerani · I–XIII: First Matter and the Philosophical Subject · Grand Elixir · Historical Heading
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The complete 1690 Aphorismi Urbigerani: historical frontispiece and Latin inscriptions, title and licence, dedication, all 101 grand-elixir aphorisms, the complete Circulatum Minus with its title, address and 31 vegetable aphorisms, and the full explanatory postscript with both printed endings. Original and modern English readings, fresh Latin translations, 115 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.
Historical Text and Translation
Baro Urbigerus, Aphorismi Urbigerani, London: Henry Faithorne, 1690; with Circulatum Minus Urbigeranum and the concluding postscript. The Getty Research Institute copy supplies the governing images; EEBO-TCP A25684 supplies the structured transcription witness, corrected against those images. The frontispiece signed W. F. is attributed in library catalogues to William Faithorne.
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