Cosmopolite (Le).

Treatises of the Cosmopolitan newly discovered. Where after having given an idea of a Society of Philosophers, one explains in several Letters of this Author the Theory & the Practice of the Hermetic Verities. Paris, Laurent d'Houry, 1691. In-12 of 238 pp. Brown calf, spine gilt, gilt title (period binding). Rare. The work contains the statutes and rules of the cabalistic society of unknown philosophers, whose seal is reproduced on wood on p. 225, as well as the letters of the Cosmopolitan on the theory and practice of the philosopher's stone. In the first part, the author proposes the constitution of a society of alchemists, of which he gives the statutes and rules. The second part contains the letters of Michel Sendivogius or J.J.D.I., i.e. Jean Joachim Destingel d'Ingrofont, commonly called Cosmopolite, on the theory and practice of the Philosopher's Stone. This volume is attached to the edition of the Cosmopolite or New Chymic Light, given by the same publisher in the same year. It was sold separately, however, reports Dorbon, n°4552. Covers worn and restored, small light spotting in places. "The second part of this work contains the letters of Michel Sendivogius commonly called Cosmopolite on the theory and practice of the philosopher's stone." Caillet (10131). (Guaita 972 "Very rare", Dorbon 4552.)