1st Edition
The Four Books of Pseudo-Democritus Sources of Alchemy and Chemistry: Sir Robert Mond Studies in the History of Early Chemistry
By Matteo Martelli
Copyright 2014
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Four Books of pseudo-Democritus, written in the first century AD, rank among the very earliest known alchemical writings. In this volume, Matteo Martelli presents not only a fresh edition and translation of the surviving Greek fragments, but also, for the first time, additional materials preserved in Syriac.The volume presents important examples of the early modern and medieval reception of... Read more
General Editors' Foreword, Acknowledgments, Abbreviations, INTRODUCTION, Criteria of edition, Greek texts, Syriac texts, Zuber's translations, NOTES, APPENDIX, INDEX, Bibliography
Biography
Matteo Martelli
