Le triomphe hermétique. 1699
[LIMOJON DE SAINT DIDIER].
Le triomphe hermétique ou la pierre philosophale victorieuse, traitté plus complet et plus intelligible, qu’il y en ait eû jusques ici, touchant le magistère hermétique Suivi de : Entretien d’Eudoxe et de Pyrophile sur l’ancienne guerre des chevaliers Suivi de : Lettre aux vrais disciples d’Hermes contenant 6 principales clefs de la philosophie secrète.
Amsterdam, Henry Wetstein, 1699.
1500 €
12mo (15.4x9 cm), (13)-(1 bl.)-153-(1 bl.) pages and one folding plate.
binding: Contemporary full brown sheep, blind fillet on covers, spine in six compartments.
Old interesting modern handwritten notes. Fine repairs on the folding plate. Few spotting. Binding repaired.
"Le triomphe hermétique" is a famous and popular alchemical work of the seventeenth century.
Its relative brevity does not allow to contain three sections that are, in each even-ell, a celebrity of alchemical literature.
Good copy of one of the most complete and understandable alchemical treatise.
references: Duveen [361], Caillet [II, 6696], Dorbon [2707].
provenance: Baptiste Rumpf (bookplate).
