Paracelsus is a defining figure in the history of western occultism. From medicine and magic to surgery and alchemy, Paracelsus revolutionized virtually every field he worked in. Here we have the complete works of the great maverick in the Latin edition of 1658. From his key theoretical works like the Paragranum and Paramirum, to his theory of the Tria Prima in Salt, Sulfur and Mercury, his magical works on talismans, this three works bound in two volumes is a titanically important collection in the history of esotericism, medicine and pharmacology.
Beyond his influence on esoteric philosophy, Paracelsus’s writings also mark a turning point in the development of empirical science itself. He broke with scholastic and Galenic medicine by insisting that true knowledge came not from books but from direct observation of nature and the body. His fusion of mystical insight with practical experimentation laid the groundwork for later developments in chemistry, mineralogy, and early pharmacology. The 1658 Latin edition, prepared at a time when Paracelsianism had spread widely across Europe, captures both the occult and proto-scientific dimensions of his thought at their most authoritative and influential.
1658. Opera omnia medico-chemico-chirurgica, tribus voluminibus comprehensa. Genevae, sumptibus Ioan.Antonij & Samuelis De Tournes. Massive volumes, 3 parts in 2 volumes, in-folio. Bookplate from Walter Ralph Steiner Memorial Collection from the Library of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland. "Withdrawn" stamps can be seen in a few spots in both books. wear to binding, mostly on spine. Dryness/cracking on spine with some rubbing to edges of cover boards. Repaired title page of Volume 1. Missing Frontispiece. Caillet, 8283. Ferguson, II, 169. Krivatsy, 8560. Bibliotheca Osleriana, 528. V. Verginelli, Biblioteca Hermetica, nos. 243-244. Rare.
Paracelsus is a defining figure in the history of western occultism. From medicine and magic to surgery and alchemy, Paracelsus revolutionized virtually every field he worked in. Here we have the complete works of the great maverick in the Latin edition of 1658. From his key theoretical works like the Paragranum and Paramirum, to his theory of the Tria Prima in Salt, Sulfur and Mercury, his magical works on talismans, this three works bound in two volumes is a titanically important collection in the history of esotericism, medicine and pharmacology.
Beyond his influence on esoteric philosophy, Paracelsus’s writings also mark a turning point in the development of empirical science itself. He broke with scholastic and Galenic medicine by insisting that true knowledge came not from books but from direct observation of nature and the body. His fusion of mystical insight with practical experimentation laid the groundwork for later developments in chemistry, mineralogy, and early pharmacology. The 1658 Latin edition, prepared at a time when Paracelsianism had spread widely across Europe, captures both the occult and proto-scientific dimensions of his thought at their most authoritative and influential.
1658. Opera omnia medico-chemico-chirurgica, tribus voluminibus comprehensa. Genevae, sumptibus Ioan.Antonij & Samuelis De Tournes. Massive volumes, 3 parts in 2 volumes, in-folio. Bookplate from Walter Ralph Steiner Memorial Collection from the Library of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland. "Withdrawn" stamps can be seen in a few spots in both books. wear to binding, mostly on spine. Dryness/cracking on spine with some rubbing to edges of cover boards. Repaired title page of Volume 1. Missing Frontispiece. Caillet, 8283. Ferguson, II, 169. Krivatsy, 8560. Bibliotheca Osleriana, 528. V. Verginelli, Biblioteca Hermetica, nos. 243-244. Rare.
