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ALCHIMIE. SECRETS MERVEILLEUX DE LA MAGIE NATURELLE...

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[ALCHIMIE]. SECRETS MERVEILLEUX DE LA MAGIE NATURELLE ET CABALISTIQUE DU PETIT ALBERT, traduit exactement sur l'Original Latin [...]. Enriched with mysterious figures, and how to make them. Lyon, Héritiers de Beringos Fratres, 1752. In-12 marbled fawn basane, smooth spine with ornate nerves, lemon title page, speckled edges (contemporary binding); 245 pp. (including title in red and black), (7) pages of table. Corners dull NEW EDITION, corrected and enlarged: it is RARE. 9 engraved plates and figures in the text. ¶ Caillet, 132, 1755 edition "one of the rarest"; does not mention 1752 edition - Yves-Plessis, 1086, numerous editions but none with 1752 date - Dorbon, 48, 1791 edition.