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The Original Editor to the Reader
German & Latin
1723 scan 11Denn nachdem mir 3. verschiedene Exemplaria von differenten Orten zu Händen kommen / habe ich solche zusammen mit Hülffe eines guten Freundes fleißig conferiret / und da das eine ein gut Theil mehr als das andere enthalten / so ist der Mangel / den der meisten ihre Exemplaria haben / hier ersetzt worden. Inzwischen habe doch nichts eigenmächtiger Weise daran ändern / noch dasjenige / so etwan vorhin im Abschreiben versehen oder nicht recht gelesen worden / corrigiren mögen / sondern ich habe mit Fleiß alles so stehen gelassen / wie ichs gefunden / nur daß man dann und wann in parenthesi darneben gesetzt / wo varians lectio gewesen.
The Golden Chain of Homer: The Original Editor to the Reader
1723 scan 11For, having received three different copies from different places, I carefully compared them with the help of a good friend. Since one contained a good deal more than another, what is missing from most people’s copies has been supplied here. Nevertheless, I have chosen neither to alter anything on my own authority nor to correct what may previously have been miscopied or misread. I have deliberately left everything as I found it, merely adding a parenthetical indication here and there when there was a variant reading.
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Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · The Original Editor to the Reader · PRE01S004 · 1723 scan 11
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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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