THE PASS-KEYS OF ALCHEMY: The Lost Book of Lapidus
Lapidus; Paul Hardcore; Tony Matthews
Published by Salamander and Sons, 2012
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Edited with a Foreword by Paul Hardcore; Introductory Essay by Tony Matthews109 pages. Hardbound in fine condition in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 32973
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Title: THE PASS-KEYS OF ALCHEMY: The Lost Book of ...
Publisher: Salamander and Sons
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First edition.
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The Pass-Keys to Alchemy : The Lost Book of Lapidus
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Modern Magistery an Imprint of Salamander and Sons, 2012
ISBN 10: 0980409977
ISBN 13: 9780980409970
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Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Brisbane/Chiang Mai: Modern Magistery an Imprint of Salamander and Sons, 2012 [2013]. NEW. This edition is limited to 500 copies, including 119 copies numbered by hand [fully bound in red leather with gilt title and device, and silk bookmark ribbon], this copy is the Cloth Edition, one of 381 unnumbered copies. From the Publisher : "Lost for more than three decades, the companion volume to In Pursuit of Gold has been found. For decades students of alchemy have believed that In Pursuit of Gold hailed upon its 1976 publication as a rare work by one of the few practicing laboratory alchemists writing in English during the mid-to-late 20th century constituted the sole alchemical text penned by the enigmatic alchemist Lapidus. The truth is that Lapidus real name David Curwen wrote a second text which, unknown to most, he secreted away with at least one trusted Brother in the Art. Throughout the intervening years this remarkable book, The Pass-Keys to Alchemy, has passed through just a few select and trusted hands. Each of the chapters of The Pass-Keys to Alchemy details one pass-key to the successful confection of the Philosophers' Stone, as identified by Lapidus. Drawing upon the writings of Eirenæus Philalethes and Ali Puli, The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus the Great, Bendictus Figulus' A Golden and Blessed Casket of Nature's Marvels, Sir Edward Kelly's Book of St. Dunstan, and Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens among other canonical texts, this lost alchemical masterpiece includes the kind of profound insights into alchemical theory, laboratory processes and practical methods that only derive from a lifetime of quiet alchemical work. A rare alchemical gem in print for the first time, The Pass-Keys to Alchemy also includes an introductory essay by Tony Matthews, grandson of Lapidus, and 16 of Theodor de Bry's masterful engraved emblems from Atalanta Fugiens with accompanying commentary by Lapidus". First Edition. Hard Cover/Cloth Buckram. New/New. Illus. by Theodor de Bry, Two Plate Sections on Glossy Coated Paper Stock. 8vo size - 9½" tall. Seller Inventory # 932537
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