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Jacobi Tollii Fortuita : in quibus, praeter critica nonnulla, tota fabularis historia Graeca, Phoenicia, Aegyptiaca, ad chemiam pertinere asseritur

Tollius, Jacobus, -1696 · 1687 · Amstelaedami : Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios · 1 picture

Jacobus Tollius's 1687 Amsterdam edition of Fortuita, a scholarly work arguing that Greek, Phoenician and Egyptian myths relate to alchemy, aimed at learned readers of classical and chemical texts. The single picture is a letter-cut inscription in a framed stone tablet set on a pedestal, printed with Roman capitals, abbreviations and small ornamental marks, with a caption in italic type below.

Alchemy · Mythology · Rhetoric

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