Author
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.
Publication Date
1928
Publication Place
London : Dent ; New York : Dutton, 1928. -
Dent ; New York : Dutton
Subject
Alchemy--Early works to 1800., Alchemy.
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng,lat
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
264
Physical Dimensions
xl, 264 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 20 cm
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
1279493
Record ID
9917523273503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1928
Notes
The English translation was published in 1678, and is here reprinted with the addition of figures taken from the Latin edition published at Berne in 1545."--Editor's preface., Contains reproductions of the title-pages of the Latin edition of 1545 and of the English translation of 1678., Bibliography: pages xxii-xxiii.
Sample Text
Of the investigation or search of perfection., Of the sum of perfection, or of the perfect magistery., Of the invention of verity, or perfection., Of furnaces, &c. with a recapitulation of the author's experiments.
Baskı
A new edition with introduction by E.J. Holmyard.