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The Original Editor to the Reader
German & Latin
1723 scan 10„Den Methodum dulcificandi und alcalia fixa zu volatilisiren habe vor 9. Jahren practiciret / und dadurch per tertium ungemeine und wunderwürdige Curen in Krebs / kalten Brand / Calculo und Pleuritide verrichtet / und hätte vor zwölff Jahren tausend floren mit Freuden vor ein solches Manuscript gezahlet. Anjetzo ist es ein Vergnügen / zu sehen / daß andere denselben Weg gewandert und ex praxi ein gleiches gefunden.“
The Golden Chain of Homer: The Original Editor to the Reader
1723 scan 10“Nine years ago I put into practice the method of sweetening and of making fixed alkalis volatile, and through a third party effected extraordinary and remarkable cures in cancer, mortification, stone, and pleurisy. Twelve years ago I would gladly have paid a thousand florins for such a manuscript. It is now a pleasure to see that others have travelled the same road and have found the same thing through practice.”
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Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · The Original Editor to the Reader · PRE01S002 · 1723 scan 10
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The two-book alchemical work of 1723 in German with a new English translation, 399 notes, eight historical diagrams, chapter outlines, keyword essays, a glossary, bibliography, subject index, and 400 discussion questions.
Historical Text and Translation
Anonymous, Aurea Catena Homeri. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Georg Böhme, 1723. Traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger; the attribution remains uncertain. Historical diagrams from the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung copy digitized by e-rara.
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