Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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About this edition

The anonymous Frankfurt edition of 1680, published by Christian Hermsdorff, is presented here with its original text and a new English translation. The introduction, explanatory notes, reading guide, outline and glossary are editorial additions. Printed source pages and stable passage identifiers allow the original and translation to be compared closely.

The chosen witness is the Wellcome Library copy digitized as b32993456. Its two parts are continuously paginated through page 245 and followed by fifteen unnumbered pages of registers. The title Candida Phoenix philosophica is rendered The White Philosophical Phoenix.

About This Reading Edition

An anonymous Hermetic treatise of 1680, presented in its original German and Latin with a new English translation, 279 explanatory notes, the historical phoenix frontispiece, an introduction, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and original registers.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Candida Phoenix philosophica. Frankfurt am Main: Christian Hermsdorff, 1680. The chosen witness is the Wellcome Library copy digitized as b32993456; German and Latin, with French, Greek, and Hebrew passages retained.

About Diotimos Editions

This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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The 1680 source is identified as public domain by the Wellcome/Internet Archive record. The supplied 2026 transcription, English translation, introduction, notes, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and editorial arrangement are published with the site owner’s authorization. The frontispiece is retained from the supplied edition and credited to its historical witness.