Basil Valentine, his triumphant chariot of antimony with annotations of Theodore Kirkringius. M.D / With the true book of the learned Synesius, a Greek abbot, taken out of the emperour's library, concerning the philosopher's stone. [Translated by Richard Russell].

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Basil Valentine, his triumphant chariot of antimony with annotations of Theodore Kirkringius. M.D / With the true book of the learned Synesius, a Greek abbot, taken out of the emperour's library, concerning the philosopher's stone. [Translated by Richard Russell].