Paracelsus Sämtliche Werke: nach der 10bändigen huserschen Gesamtausgabe (1589-1591) erstenmal in neuzeitliches Deutsch übersetzt. Mit Einleitung, Biographie, Literaturangaben und erklärenden Anmerkungen versehen von Bernhard Aschner (4 Volume set, complete).
Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1975 - 1977. Fotomechanischer Neudruck / Reprint. Hardcover. Four volumes (complete set). Large thick octavos. Vol. I: lxiv + (ii) + 1012pp, Vol. II: L + (ii) + 910pp, Vol. III: xxxxiv + 1060pp, Vol. IV: xxii + (ii) + 1164pp. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spines and front boards. Black and white frontispiece. A nicely produced reprint of the first translation into modern German of the complete works of Paracelsus, which was originally published by Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena, between 1926 & 1932. The editor / translator was Bernhard Aschner (1883 - 1960), a distinguised surgeon, scientist, and scholar who also provided an introduction, biography, references and explanatory notes. Paracelsus (Phillipus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim: 1493 - 1541) was one of the first of the European alchemical writers to underline the link between chemical experiment and spiritual development, and is acknowledged both as a precursor of modern scientific medicine and chemistry and as a major figure in alchemical and esoteric thought. A little light shelfwear, bump to tail of spine of Vol. IV, and bottom edge of front board of Vol. II, a few corners bruised. Edges darkened with a little foxing to top edge. Small bookseller's label on each front pastedown and owner's blind-stamp on first blank of each volume. Otherwise a clean, tight, unmarked VG+ set - no dust jackets (believe none called for). A large, heavy set, will require additional shipping charges to those automatically quoted. Item #68050
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