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(BASILIUS VALENTINUS.) Kirchweger, Anton Joseph. Microscopium Basilii Valentini, sive Commentariolum et cribrellum über den großen Kreuzapfel der Welt. 172, [4] pages, including 2 blanks at end. 8vo, contemporary drab wrappers, rebacked; contents dog-eared at beginning and end. Berlin, 1790
first edition. "A curious work, which attempts to apply the philosophical principles of Basil Valentine to pharmaceutical chemistry . . . Alchemical symbolism is extensively used throughout"--Neville II, 726-27.
