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![Rosicrusians—continued. 1811 MUNDUS CHRISTOPHORI FILIUS.—Rosr Crucis Frater THRASONICO-MENDAX das ist Verlogner Rhumbsichtiger Rosencreutzbriider ; oder verantwortung auff die Scar- tecken “* Speculi Constanti,” so newlich wider den Catholischen Tractat: ‘‘ Speck auff der Fallen,” von einem vermainten Rosencreutzer ausgesprengt worden [etc.], Frrst Eprrion sm. 4to., boards, N. P. Getruckt im Jahr, 1619 £6/6/- Gardner, Bib. Rosicruciana, No. 104. Collation (x) + 134 pages. In 1618 an entirely unknown person—Mundus Christophori Filius—produced a polemic in quarto, called obscurely enough Grease for the Fall (‘‘Speck Auff der Fall”), . ... which brought forth a reply, also anony- mous, but ascribed to Irenzeus Agnostus. . . . This was ‘Speculum Constantiz.’ . ... Mundus rejoined in 1619 with © Rosez Crucis Frater Thrasonico-Mendax.’ . .... The result in due course was ‘ Vindici# Rhodostaurotice,’ issued by Trenzeus Agnostus in 1619 and described as a radical denial of the insults... spréad abroad by Mundus, son of Christophorus, against the Illustrious Society., The debate closed at this point.”—Waite’s Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross, page 248. 1815 [VAUGHAN (THomas)] Lumen de Lumine oder ein neues Maciscuxs Lircut geoffen- bahret und der Welt mitgetheilet durch Evcmxtum PHILALETHEN ... Amietzo aus dem Englischen ins Teutsche tibersetzet, von J. R. 8S. M. C., First German Epition, engraved frontispiece, sm. 8vo., contemp. sheep, Hamburg, bey Gottfried Liebezect, Buchhdndlern, ‘1693 £2/2/- Collation : pages [12] 122 [5 blank, 1 epilogue]. Ferguson, Bib. Chemica, Vol. 2, p. 196. Gardner, Bib. Rosicruciana does not give the German editions. Chapter 2, pages 30-52, has heading, which, when translated, reads: A Letter from the Brothers of Rosy Cross concerning the Invisible Magical Mountain and the Treasure therein contained. 1816 [VILLARS (i’Aset MontFaucon DE)] The Count de Gapauis: being a Diverting His- tory of the Rostcructan Docrrine of Sprrits—vwz., SYLPHS, SALAMANDERS, GNOMES and Dzamons, shewing their various Influence upon Human Bodies, Frrst ENeLisnH Epririon, translated from the Paris Edition ; to which is prefix’d Mons. BayLe’s Account of this Work ; and the Sacr of the Rostcrucrans, thin 8vo., modern half calf, Printed for B. Lintott and F. Curll, 1714 £3/10/- Gardner, Bib. Rosicruciana, No. 588. 1817 [ —] ComTe’ de GaBaALis, ou Entretiens sur les SctENcES SEcRETES, renouvellé et augmenté d’une Lettre’sur ce sujet, Amsterdam, chez Pierre de Coup, 1715; La Suirz Du Conte De GABALIS, ou Nouveaux EnTReETIENS sur les SctENCES SECRETES, touchant La Nouvelle Philosophie, ouvrage posthume, zbzd. 1715; together in one vol, feap. 8vo., half calf gilt, 1715 ) | £1/5/- The second item is a burlesque on the original work. Vide Gardner’s Bib. Rosicruciana, No. 562, 1818 WADZECK (Friepricu) Lesen und ScuicKsae des beruchtigten Franz RupoLPH von GrRossinG, eigentlich FRANZ MarrHAus GROsSINGER gennant, nebst der Geschichte und Bekanntmachung der Geheimnisse des Rosen-Ordens, First Eprrion, post 8vo., boards, Frankfurt und Leipzig, 1789 18/- Gardner, Bib. Rosicruciana, No, 566. 1819 [WEZEL (—)] Kaxeruak, oder GescuicHTE eines ROSENKREUZERS aus dem vorigen JAHRHUNDERTE, post 8vo., boards, Leipzig, in Verlage der Dykischen Buchhandlung, 1784 | £1/1/- Gardner, Bib. Rosicruciana, No. 594. Another edition in Latin was issued in the same year. 1820 ROSS (ALExanpER) Mysracocus Porricus, or the Musrs INTERPRETER: explaining the Historical Mysteries, and Mystical Histories of the Ancient Greek and Latin Poets... FirrH Epirion, corrected and enlarged. To which is prefixed the Genealogy of the Heathen Gods, sm. 8vo., old half calf, Printed for J. Martyn, S. Mearn, and H. Herrings MAN. beh 12 12/» Small piece of the running headlines on pages 175-78 have been burnt away. : “‘ Among Ross’s friends and patrons were Lord Rockingham, the Earl of Thanet, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and John Evelyn, who twice mentions the old ‘historian and poet’ in his Diary.”—D.N.B. 1821 ROUSSEAU (Jean Jacques) [Jurm, ou La Nouverte Henoise]: Lerrres de Deux AmAns, Habitans d’une petite Ville au pied des Alpes, Nouvente Eprrion, 6 vols in 3, post 8vo., contemp. calf gilt, Amsterdam, chez Marc Michel Rey, 1761 15/- 1822 ——-— E.o1sa: or, a Series of Original Letters, translated from the French [by WILLIAM KENRICK], frontispieces engraved by GRAVELOT, 4 vols, post 8vo., contemporary calf gilt, Printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1769 £1/10/-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30858604_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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