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Aurifontina chymica : Or, A collection of fourteen small treatises concerning the first matter of philosophers, for the discovery of their (hitherto so much concealed) mercury. Which many have studiously endeavoured to hide, but these to make manifest, for the benefit of mankind in general

Houpreght, John Frederick; Cooper, William (fl. 1668-1688)

1680

Dedication signed John Frederick Houpreght. Advertising matter: [4] p. at end. Described in J. Young, Bibliotheca chemica, Glasgow, 1906, v.1, p. 57-58. Attributed to William Cooper - NUC pre-19...

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Ripley reviv'd : or, An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works. Containing the plainest and most excellent discoveries of the most hidden secrets of the ancient philosophers, that were ever yet published

Philalethes, Eirenaeus Cosmopolita (pseud.); Cooper, William (fl. 1668-1688); Starkey, George (1627-1665); Vaughan, Thomas (1622-1666)

1678

Added t.-p., engraved. Each treatise has special t.-p. Edited by W. Cooper. Wing. S5286. Wing attributes the work to George Starkey. "Wrongly attributed to George Starkey and to Thomas Vaughan...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1955-1956

Harry Scott [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A746r], recorded in Billington; sings 'I Wish I was Single Again'; talks about Fred Henley. [Tr. 1] Fred Henley and his wife, Mrs. Fred Henley, recorded in ...

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Collectanea chymica : a collection of ten several treatises in chymistry, concerning the liquor alkahest, the mercury of philosophers, and other curiosities worthy the perusal

Cooper, William (fl. 1668-1688); Philalethes, Eirenaeus Cosmopolita (pseud.); Helmont, Jean Baptiste van (1577-1644); Anthony, Francis (1550-1623); Bernardus Trevisanus, conte della Marca di Treviso; Ripley, George (1490); Bacon, Roger (1214?-1294?); Starkey, George (1627-1665); Plat, Sir Hugh (1552-1611?); H. V. D

1684

Each treatise (except the last) has special t.p. dated 1683. The last treatise has special t.p. with imprint date 1684 and separate pagination. "The secret of the immortal liquor" has added t.p. in ...

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