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Author Sędziwój, Michał, approximately 1556-approximately 1646.

Title Novum lumen chymicum. English
De lapide philosophorum. English
A philosophical account of nature in general and of the generation of the three principles of nature viz. mercury, sulphur, and salt, out of the four elements / translated from the French by John Digby, esq.

Imprint London : Printed for John Hooke .... and Thomas Edlin,... MDCCXXII [1722]

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Location Call Number Status
 Stauffer Rare Book Room  QD25 .S43913 1722  LIB USE ONLY
Description 348 p. : 19 cm.
Note Signatures: A2-Z4.
An English translation of Michael Sendivogius's 'De lapide philosophorum tractatus duodecim e naturae fonte et manuali experientia depromti', also know as 'Novum lumen chymicum'; the French translation is entitled 'Cosmopolite; ou, nouvelle lumiere de la physique naturelle'.
Indexed In Duveen p. 545.
Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 351
ESTC (RLIN) N20794
Gift Roy G. Neville; purchase; 2004.
Provenance Provenance: Owner's inscription in ink on recto of front free endpaper: "E. Colquhoun 1847." Inscription accompanied by a drawing of a skull and crossbones, with manuscript writing beneath: "Remember!"
Subject(s) Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
Sulfur -- Early works to 1800.
Mercury -- Early works to 1800.
Salts -- Early works to 1800.
Four elements (Philosophy) -- Early works to 1800.
Science -- Early works to 1800.
Alternate Author Digby, John, 18th cent, tr.