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Title

  • Theatrum chemicum britannicum : containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon

Names

  • Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
  • Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692.
  • Bolton, Henry Carrington, 1843-1903, former owner.

Created / Published

  • London, Printed by F. Grismond for Nath. Brooke, 1652.

Headings

  • -  Alchemy

Notes

  • -  A collection of works by various writers, compiled by Ashmole.
  • -  Partly in verse.
  • -  Title page in red and black.
  • -  The frontispiece is engraved and signed "T. Cross sculp:"; most of the illustrations are signed: Ro: Vaughan. sculp:.
  • -  The last four leaves contain a table of contents and glossary.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: lacking frontispiece.
  • -  LC copy has bookplate of Henry Carrington Bolton.
  • -  No more published.
  • -  Title vignette. Contains the Ordinall of alchemie by Thomas Norton, the Compound of alchemie by George Ripley, the Chanon's yeoman's tale by Chaucer, Sir Edward kelley's Worke, Doctor John Dee's Testament, Secreta secretorum by John Lydgate, and other works.
  • -  LAC scc 2018-08-21
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Not Approved 2018-08-23
  • -  LAC scc 2018-09-04
  • -  LAC Review Completed 2018-09-04

Medium

  • 8 p.l., 486, [8] p. illus. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QD25 .A78
  • Microfilm QD-7.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 15004720

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Ashmole, Elias, Elias Ashmole, and Henry Carrington Bolton. Theatrum chemicum britannicum: containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon. London, Printed by F. Grismond for Nath. Brooke, 1652. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/15004720/.

APA citation style:

Ashmole, E., Ashmole, E. & Bolton, H. C. (1652) Theatrum chemicum britannicum: containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon. London, Printed by F. Grismond for Nath. Brooke. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/15004720/.

MLA citation style:

Ashmole, Elias, Elias Ashmole, and Henry Carrington Bolton. Theatrum chemicum britannicum: containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon. London, Printed by F. Grismond for Nath. Brooke, 1652. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/15004720/>.