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2644.1 Basilius VALENTINUS. Les douze clefs de philosophie. Traictant de la vraye medecine metalique. Plus L'azoth, ou le moyen de faire l'Or cacheé des philosophes. Traduction francoise. 8° Paris: chez Pierre Moet 1659 Ferguson Young British Library Wisconsin [Contains:-
2. Basilius Valentinus. Azoth, ou le moyen de faire l'Or caché des Philosophes. Traduction francoise. Reveu corrigé et augmenté par David L'agneau.
Et Poeme philosophic sur l'azoth des philosophes. Par le sieur de Nuisement.] [Illustrations:-
1. p16 Engraving. This is a reprinting of the plate used in the 1624 edition, but here it has been extensively reworked with cross-hatching to darken some areas of the image.
2. p52 Woodcut. 68x69mm. Circular figure of Emerald Tablet with Vitriol acrostic. Reprinting the version in the 1659 'Azoth', but a different cut from that in the 1624 edition.
3. Inserted after p52. Engraving. 70x94mm. First key of Valentine. "J. Gobille fecit".
4. Inserted before p59. Engraving. 70x92mm. Second key of Valentine.
5. Inserted after p65. Engraving. 71x92mm. Third key of Valentine.
6. Inserted after p70. Engraving. 72x94mm. Fourth key of Valentine.
7. Inserted before p75. Engraving. 75x94mm. Fifth key of Valentine.
8. Inserted after p82. Engraving. 72x94mm. Sixth key of Valentine.
9. Inserted before p87. Engraving. 70x64mm. Seventh key of Valentine.
10. Inserted after p94. Engraving. 74x94mm. Eighth key of Valentine.
11. Inserted after p108. Engraving. 68x63mm. Ninth key of Valentine.
12. Inserted after p116. Engraving. 77x92mm. Tenth key of Valentine.
13. Inserted after p122. Engraving. 70x92mm. Eleventh key of Valentine.
14. Inserted after p65. Engraving. 71x94mm. Twelfth key of Valentine.
The engraver has mirrored these in copying from the original versions.
Azoth.
15. p1 Woodcut on titlepage. Reprinting item 3 of 1624 edition.
16. p138 Woodcut. Reprinting item 4 of 1624 edition.
17. p146 Woodcut. 68x69mm. Recut version of item 5 of 1624 edition.
18. p151 Woodcut. 53x66mm. Reprinting item 6 of 1624 edition.
19. p152 Woodcut. 72x60mm. Reprinting item 7 of 1624 edition.
20. p157 Woodcut. 64x55mm. Reprinting item 8 of 1624 edition.
21. p160 Woodcut. 82x78mm. Reprinting item 9 of 1624 edition.
22. p163 Woodcut. 50x50mm. Reprinting item 10 of 1624 edition.
23. p164 Woodcut. 51x51mm. Reprinting item 11 of 1624 edition.
24. p166 Woodcut. 51x51mm. Reprinting item 12 of 1624 edition.
25. p169 Woodcut. 50x51mm. Reprinting item 13 of 1624 edition.
26. p173 Woodcut. 50x51mm. Reprinting item 14 of 1624 edition.
27. p179 Woodcut. 92x92mm. Reprinting item 15 of 1624 edition.
28. p182 Woodcut. 73x64mm. Reprinting item 16 of 1624 edition.
29. p188 Woodcut. 63x83mm. Reprinting item 17 of 1624 edition.]
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