The works of Geber, the most famous Arabian prince and philosopher
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Type of record: Book
Title: The works of Geber, the most famous Arabian prince and philosopher
Other titles: De alchimia
Classmark: Early Science 2 1678/JAB
Creator(s): Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
Additional creator(s): Russell, Richard (1700?-1771) (Other)
Related people: Russell, Richard
Publisher: Printed for N.E. by Thomas James
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1678
Language: English
Size and medium: [16], 302, [1] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/241955
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991014121129705181
Description
Translated by R. Russell.
Contents: Of the investigation or search of perfection -- Of the sum of perfection, or of the perfect magistery -- Of the invention of verity, or perfection -- Of furnaces, &c., with a recapitulation of the authors experiments.
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