Manget (Jean-Jacques), Éditeur — Ripley (George), Norton (Thomas), Dastin (John) Et Basile Valentin. - Deux Importants Fragments Alchimiques Extraits De La Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa. - 1702

Manget (Jean-Jacques), Publisher — Ripley (George), Norton (Thomas), Dastin (John) And Basile Valentin.
Two Important Fragments Extracted From The Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa.
Geneva, Chouet, G. De Tournes, Cramer, Perachon, Ritter And S. De Tournes, 1702. Volume II.

Two Detached Fragments, Printed In Latin On Two Columns, In In-Folio Format.

First Fragment — Pages 275 To 312, i.e. 38 Consecutive Pages:

— George Ripley, Liber Duodecim Portarum, pp. 275–285: Complete Treatise. The Famous « Livre Des Douze Portes » Exposes The Twelve Successive Operations Of The Great Work: Calcination, Dissolution, Separation, Conjunction, Putrefaction, Congelation (Putting-Getting Cold), Nutrition, Sublimation, Fermentation, Exaltation, Multiplication And Projection.

— Thomas Norton, Tractatus, Crede Mihi Seu Ordinale, Pp. 285–309: Complete Treatise In Seven Chapters, Finished By The Mention « Anno Christi 1477… Deo Sit Gloria ».

— John Dastin, Here Latinized Johannes Daustenius, Rosarium, Arcanum Philosophorum Secretissimum Comprehendens, Pp. 309–312: Beginning Of The Treatise, Incomplete.

Beautiful Symbolic Figure Printed In The Text On Page 287, Uniting God, Heaven, The Four Elements, Sulfur, Mercury, Salt And The Prima Materia.

Second Fragment — Pages 411 To 418

Fragment Of Basile Valentin's Practica, Followed By The Beginning Of The Duodecim Claves, Or « Twelve Keys ». Page 413 Solemnly Announces The Twelve Keys Opening Access To The Stone Of The Ancients And To The « Secret Source Of All Health ». The First Key Is Preserved And The Developments Going Up To The Eighth, Remaining Incomplete On Page 418. The Four Last Keys Are Not Present.

The Text Contains References To The Famous Emblematic Figures Of The Twelve Keys, Gathered On The Plates Of Volume II; These Separate Plates Are Not Included With The Fragments Presented.

A Particularly Interesting Reunion Of Foundational Texts Of Western Alchemy, Taken From One Of The Largest Hermetic Collections Ever Published. The Ripley And Norton Treatises Are Here Complete; The Texts Of Dastin And Basile Valentin Are Fragmentary.

Condition: Loose Leaves With Creases, Discoloration, Stains, Creases And Small Marginal Tears; Some Corners Folded. Generally Clear Printing And Readable.