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FELLER, Joachim, 1628–1691.
Vindiciæ, adversus Johann. Henrici Eggelingii iniquissimam
insulsissimamque Censuram, ut vocat, censuræ mysteriorum
Cereris et Bacchi: nec non disquisitionis epistolicæ De numismatibus
quibusdam, quæ pro Neronianis ille venditat
Leipzig: Apud Joh. Frid. Gleditschium, literis viduæ Christiani
Michaelis, 1685.
4to: p1 A–G4 (–G1), 28 leaves, pp. [2] 54. 2 engraved plates.
Feller responds to an attack by Johann Heinrich Eggeling (1639–1713) in
Mysteria Cereris et Bacchi.
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LIBAVIuS, Andreas (1555–1616)
Defensio et declaratio perspicua alchymiae transmutatoriae,
opposita Nicolaei Guiberti Lotharingi... expugnationi virili: et Gastonis
Clavei... Apologiae contra Erastum malè sartae & pravae.
Oberursel: ex oYcina Cornelii Sutorii: sumtibus Petri KopYi Bibliopolae,
1604.
8vo: A–3A4 (blank 3A4 ), 372 leaves, pp. [24] 694 [26] (last 2 blank).
160 x 92mm. Old inscriptions on title scored out and paper corroded
by ink, leaving holes in blank areas; pp. 200–204 crossed through and
corroded by ink with loss of several letters; most gatherings heavily
browned, though a few unaVected.
Binding: Contemporary vellum boards. Back broken, lower joint
cracked and a few leaves coming loose.
Provenance: Early inscriptions on title scored through and illegible,
except the date, 1666, and pp. 200–204 crosed out (large X over the
text, not obscuring anything).
First edition. VD17 12:655902X.
‘A logical defence of alchemy of some interest’ according to Partington.
It is a reply to Nicolas Guibert, ‘Libavius’s most redoubtable opponent...
a Werce opponent of alchemy’. Partington gives a cryptic list of the most
important topics as follows: ‘the “transmutation” of plants (p. 88); the
Tabula Smaragdina known to Albertus Magnus (p. 177); Avicenna’s Alchemy
genuine (p. 186); the conversion of iron into copper a real transmutation
(pp. 216–82); argyrogonia and chrysogonia, vim argentiWcam & aruiWcam
dicit inesse seminibus suis (p. 553); de vi auriWca & argentiWca (p. 553); de
mixtione (p. 587)’ (Partington II, pp. 268 and 252).
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LIBAVIuS, Andreas (1555–1616)
Alchymia triumphans de injusta in se collegii Galenici spurii in
academia Parisiensi censura; et Ioannis Riolani maniographia, falsi