Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum : Powder of Projection Edition. Full Vellum in Hand Marbled Slipcase, 15 Copies Only. de Elias Ashmole, William J. Kiesel (Intro), Thomas Norton, George Ripley, Geoffry Chaucer, John Dastin, Pearce Black Monke, Richard Carpenter, Abraham Andrews, Thomas Charnock, Robinson, William Bloomefield, Edward Kelley, John Dee, Gower, Lydgate, et al - 2017

Seattle, WA: Ouroboros Press / Ars Obscura Bookbinding, 2017. New, Powder of Projection Edition, Limited to 15 Copies Only, Bound in Full Imperial Vellum. Gilt-stamped Spine Bands, with Scarlet Leather Spine Label, and Circular Ouroboros Device to Boards. Hand-marbled Endpapers with Silk Bookmark. Enclosed in a Custom Slipcase with Central Gold Gilt-stamped Grotesque Ornament. Released in Celebration of the 2017 Alchemical Colloquium at Mortlake & Company, "This complete edition of the Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum goes beyond the mere reprinting of the original pages as past facsimiles have done. Using the original errata sheets provided by Ashmole, the entire text has been corrected and reset in a more readable typeface and features clear reproductions of the original engravings produced by Robert Vaughan. In addition, this edition features a more complete version of the Breviary of Natural Philosophy by Thomas Charnock by employing a complete manuscript of the text not available to Ashmole in 1652. This is the most ambitious publishing project embraced by Ouroboros Press in its years of laboring to bring source works of western esotericism to scholars and collectors alike. Over a dozen individuals and institutions worked hard to bring the book into this complete and corrected edition. This is fine esoteric book arts at its best, a volume Elias Ashmole himself would be proud of". The Complete and Corrected Edition. Vellum, Sewn Binding. New. Illus. by Robert Vaughan, John Goddard, et al. Alchemical Engravings, Ornamental Grotesques, Dragons, Trees, and Fleurons. Includes an 11 x 14 Folding Plate Titled George Ripley's Wheel. With Rubricated Title Page. Large 8vo - Over 9½" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.