Saturday, 4 February 2012

Coming soon! - Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum

"The Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum is a major collection of English alchemical texts which encapsulate the arcana of the Magnum Opus in poetic form. Originally gathered from several rare medieval manuscripts by Elias Ashmole, the text represents the largest collection of verse treating of the production of the Philosopher’s Stone to be brought together in one volume.' 

- text borrowed from Ouroboros Press website. 

I ordered my copy back in December and am certainly looking forward to it's arrival!
The free
'Aurae Catena Homeri, - The Golden Chain of Homer', a reprint of the letterpress printed broadside arrived this week so I hope this means the actual book will be here soon too.

Ouroboros Press should be congratulated for their hard work in reproducing the important text as they've not just produced a facsimile of the text, they're modernized the text making it easier to read, and have made correction to the text as noted by the errata sheets at the end of the book.

The image below is taken from Ouroboros Press' website. Once my copy has arrived I'll post up a few more images


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