The Turba Philosophorum. Or Assembly of the Sages. Called also The Book of Truth In The Art and the Third Pythagorical Synod; and Known unto the Wise as the Crowd of the Philosophers.
Seattle, WA: Ouroboros Press, 2006. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 158pp. + adverts. Maroon cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt Ouroboros design on front cover, index. A fine press edition, with the text of the 1896 edition printed in Goudy and Hoefler typefaces. Edition limited and hand-numbered. this being No. 55. (Although unstated, the print-run is said to be 700 copies). "The Turba Philosophorum" (Assembly of the Alchemical Philosophers), is thought to date from the twelfth century, and is one of the earliest known Latin alchemical texts. It became one of the best known works in the alchemical lexicon, and is often quoted in later writings. Waite's translation remains one of the most comprehensive: Writing of the text in his autobiography, Waite observed "It was translated and annotated by myself using two recensions which are both well known to Hermetists" - in other words it contains both the major versions of the work, probably drawn from Manget's "Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa" (1702). An "as new" copy, thus Fine condition in mylar protected near Fine dust jacket (the jacket has just a couple of tiny smudges to the front panel). Item #70285
ISBN: 0966295056
Price: $200.00