A TESTAMENT OF ALCHEMY - 1st 1974 - ANCIENT ARABIC ALCHEMICAL ARTS, MAGICK

A Testament of Alchemy: Being the Revelations of Morienus, Ancient Adept and Hermit of Jerusalem to Khalid Ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiyya, King of the Arabs of The Divine Secrets of the Magisterium and Accomplishment of the Alchemical Art

Book Details + Condition: Brandeis University Press (Hanover, NH). First Edition, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket. Original black cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Octavo. iv + 76pp. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. Edited and translated by Lee Stavenhagen. From the jacket: The dialogues of Morienus and Khalid ibn Yazid are reputed to be the first work of Arabic alchemy translated into Latin. They set the tone for European alchemical thought, remaining popular and widely influential from the thirteenth century until the Enlightenment. This first authoritative edition contains English and Latin on facing pages, and presents a textual history and evaluation of one of the fundamental scriptures of Western alchemy.

Firm binding; minor shelf wear to boards; inked name to ffep; foxing to text block, rear endpapers and half-title page; interior is clean and free of markings. Jacket shows light shelf wear only. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.