The Curious Chemical Library

Name: Bibliotheca chemica curiosa
Author: Manget, Jean Jacques

Bibliotheca chemica curiosa

Manget, Jean Jacques

Latin

Various alchemists (e.g., Zosimos of Panopolis) c. 3rd-4th century CE · published 1702

1154 pages

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Alchemy Hermetica Shwep Natural Philosophy Medicine Newtons Other Science Laboratory Chemistry Paracelsian Medicine

First Complete Translation

Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.

Jean Jacques Manget's 'Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa' (1702) is a massive, two-volume compendium containing 133 distinct alchemical treatises. While many of the individual texts included in this collection have been translated into English separately over the centuries, the 'Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa' as a unified, complete work has never been translated into English. Therefore, it remains a first complete translation.

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Laboratory Chemistry Alchemy Hermetica Natural Philosophy & Science Medicine & Natural History Newton's Other Science

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The Curious Chemical Library is the ultimate gathering of Hermetic wisdom, spanning from ancient Egyptian origins to the refined laboratories of the Enlightenment. It forces the reader to weigh the promise of the Philosopher's Stone against the hard reality of laboratory failure.