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A description of new philosophical furnaces, or, A new art of distilling, divided into five parts : whereunto is added a description of the Tincture of gold or The true aurum potabile : also the first part of the mineral work, set forth and published for the sakes of them that are studious of the truth

Archive Print Item: Early Science 2 1651/GLA

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Type of record: Book

Title: A description of new philosophical furnaces, or, A new art of distilling, divided into five parts : whereunto is added a description of the Tincture of gold or The true aurum potabile : also the first part of the mineral work, set forth and published for the sakes of them that are studious of the truth

Other titles: Furni novi philosophici

Level: Item

Classmark: Early Science 2 1651/GLA

Creator(s): Glauber, Johann Rudolf (1604-1670)

Additional creator(s): French, John (1616-1657) (Other)

Related people: French, John

Publisher: Printed by Richard Coats for Tho: Williams

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1651

Language: English

Size and medium: [16], 452, [12] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/240276

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991013415979705181

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Each part has special title page dated 1652.


"Of the tincture of gold, or the true aurum potabile" and "Of the minerall work, the first part" have separate title pages dated 1652.


Translated by John French.

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