A Lexicon of Alchemy. or Alchemical Dictionary; containing a Full and Plain Explanation of All obscure words, Hermetic subjects, and Arcane Phrases of Paracelsus.
New York, NY: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 466pp. Original gilt decorated blue cloth. Ruland's Lexicon was posthumously published in Latin in1612. Waite and a friend translated it, and privately printed it in a print run of only 6 copies in 1893 and it was more recently published by Watkins of London in 1964. This is the First American edition. Spine very slightly concave, merest hint of shelf-wear, very faint "ghost" of a label on front free endpaper (first blank). Otherwise appears unread - thus a tight, bright and unmarked near Fine copy. (No dust jacket issued). A surprisingly scarce edition. Item #72224
ISBN: 0877286159
Price: $350.00