Author: [Kenelm Digby]
Title: Theatrum Sympatheticum
Description: Amstelaedami; Amsterdamn, Thomae Fontani, 1661. Leather. The second edition of this scarce alchemy work on the powder of sympathy, a fascinating work, in Latin. The second edition of this scarce work.In Latin.'Theatrum Sympatheticum' is one of the best collections of tracts on the powder of sympathy ever written, an authoritative volume on the subject. It was popular upon its first publication, and was translated into French, German, and Dutch. The powder of sympathy was a form of early pseudoscientific alchemy, in which a remedy was applied to the weapon that had caused an injury, with the intention of healing the wound it had made.Written anonymously, but it is believed that the author the Stuart courtier Kenelm Digby. He was a highly reputed natural philosopher, astrologer, intellectual, and Blacklorist. The Duke of Buckingham testified that Digby had healed a gangrenous wound on his secretary by soaking the bloody bandage in a solution of the powder, which is said to have consisted of green vitriol. Digby claimed that he got the remedy from a Carmelite friar in Florence, and believed that the potency of the was due to the sun's rays extracting the spirits of the blood and the vitriol.Register runs as: *6, A-K12, L6, M4.Collated, complete. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, leather is a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spine label is chipped and age-toned. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Small tear to the tail of the rear joint. Repaired tear to the front board. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean, with a few scattered spots and light handling marks. Ink inscription to the tail of the title page. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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