L'Elixir de Longue Vie et la Pierre Philosophale [Alchemy]. L'Occultisme Simplifie
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- Paris: Editions Niclaus, 1948
Paris: Editions Niclaus, 1948. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Born in Champoulet, France, on April 2, 1906 and died in 1982, Armand Barbault was a French chemist and alchemist. Armand Barbault began this work in 1948. He attempted to rework a process described in a 17th-century alchemical work, the Mutus Liber , published in La Rochelle in 1677. Scarce.
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. Light shelfwear and even toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo. 91pp. Illus. (b/w). Printed wrappers. Text in French. Former owner library stamp. Inscribed by author on ffep.
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. Light shelfwear and even toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo. 91pp. Illus. (b/w). Printed wrappers. Text in French. Former owner library stamp. Inscribed by author on ffep.