Sale 15BP02 | Lot 191

[ALCHEMY AND MYSTICISM] PERNETY, ANTOINE JOSEPH. Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique, dans lequel on trouve les Allégories fabuleuses des Poètes, les Métaphores, les Énigmes et les Termes Barbares des Philosophes Hermétiques Expliqués

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs
[ALCHEMY AND MYSTICISM]  PERNETY, ANTOINE JOSEPH. Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique, dans lequel on trouve les Allégories fabuleuses des Poètes, les Métaphores, les Énigmes et les Termes Barbares des Philosophes Hermétiques Expliqués

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Lot 191

. Paris: Bauche, 1758. First edition. Period armorial calf, all edges red. 6 5/8 x 4 inches (17 x 10 cm); xx, 546, [6] pp. Some abrasion to binding, the Esmerian copy; Together with MYNSICHT, ADRIAN VON. Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer, aus dem 16ten und 17ten Jahrhundert. Altona: 1785-88 [but 1919, facsimile]. Original wrappers in portfolio. 18 1/2 x 12 inches (37 x 30 cm); 57 ff., with fine hand-colored facsimiles of the original. Wrappers neatly rebacked; And SALGUES, J.B. Des erreurs et des préjugés dans les diverses classes de la société. Paris: Buisson, 1810. Period calf-backed boards. 8 x 5 inches (20 x 12.5 cm); xvi, 534 pp. Light wear to binding.
Three works best described as curious. The first is an important alchemical dictionary, the major work of this author, and is quite rare. It is Ferguson II, pp. 181-83; the second is a fine facsimile of a major 18th century mystical color plate book; and the third is an almost Fortean collection of peculiarities (a second volume may have been published).


Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

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