Robert Fludd and His Philosophical Key
Debus, Allen
ISBN 10: 0882020374 ISBN 13: 9780882020372
Published by Watson Pub Intl, 1979
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Title: Robert Fludd and His Philosophical Key
Publisher: Watson Pub Intl
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: hardcover
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Robert Fludd and His Philosophicall Key; Being a Transcription of the Manuscript at Trinity College, Cambridge
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Science History Publications, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0882020374
ISBN 13: 9780882020372
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 26 x 18.5 cm. 156pp. Quarter maroon cloth and black cloth boards, gilt title lettering and illustration in silver. Frontispiece portrait and additional illustrations throughout. Minor shelf wear. Part of the series "Primary Sources from the Scientific Revolution". Divided into two parts. The first is an essay by Allen G. Debus with biographical information and section headings including "Robert Fludd and the Rosicrucian Apologies", "The Wheat Experiments in the Fluddean Corpus" and bibliographical essay and more. The second part is a facsimile of the text of "A Philosophicall Key". "Written in defence of his first publications on the Rosicrucian literature and the macrocosm-microcosm universe, Fludd added an alchemical experiment on wheat which he considered to be an investigation into the very heart of nature." (from the intro). Fludd had an interest in many areas of science and the occult. His memory techniques are described in France Yate's work "The Art of Memory" and his is best known for his 1617 work "Utriusque Cosmi Maioris Scilicet et Minoris Metaphysica". Seller Inventory # 77183