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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Litharge appears both among materials in metallic separation and as a named colour-associated sign in mining. The expressions “of gold” and “of silver” in the sign catalogue are historical labels, not guarantees that the material contains those precious metals. The edition preserves the source’s actual metal associations even where they surprise a modern reader.
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- Book 8 · Separation · Passage 11Latin“Lithargyrum”