Ashmole Elias Compiled (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gilt-stamped cloth over boards in letterpress printed dust jacket. 528 pp. A near fine dustwrapper and book. Slightest signs of wear to extremities. Binding firm, tight, and intact. Internal pages clean and bright. No inscriptions. Contains over thirty alchemical texts with illustrations, bibliography, and a table of obscure words. This complete edition features the entire text fully reset in a modern readable typeface, incorporating Ashmole's original errata sheets alongside clear reproductions of Robert Vaughan's original engravings. Also includes an expanded, definitive version of Thomas Charnock's Breviary of Natural Philosophy, utilising a complete manuscript unavailable to Ashmole in 1652. Robert Vaughan (illustrator).…