Jean D'Espagnet's "The Summary of Physics Restored" (Enchyridion Physicae Restitutae). The 1651 Translation with D'Espagnet's "Arcanum" (1650)

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  • Hardcover
  • New York: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1999
By Willard, Thomas; Jean D'Espagnet
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Hardcover. First published together in Latin in 1623, these two tracts, Enchyridion Physicae Restitutae and Arcanum were at once recognized to be among the clearest descriptions ever written of the hermetic cosmology and the alchemical work. They were translated into English by two leading occultists, John Everard and Elias Ashmole...
From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir, alchemist, artist and award-winning. filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work, The Emerald Tablet, a series of Alchemical ‘Zines, Alchemical Meditations, Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy. He has presented seminars and workshops around the world on various aspects of the alchemy.
Khepri Press was started in 2014 as a place to organize and distribute his work. It is a very small press dedicated to alchemical book arts. Some of this work is publishable and others may exist only in manuscript or object form – alchemical results or talismans. Near fine, light shelfwear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo. lv, 211pp. Illus. (b/w). Gray cloth over pictorial boards. Former owner library stamp. Lacking dj.

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