[Rarebooks] Offering: PARACELSUS. A Small Collection.

[Michael John Thompson]

PARACELSUS. [Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of 
Hohenheim, 1493-1541]. Alchemist, physician, astrologer, and occultist.

A small collection. 8 titles in 11 volumes.

As a lot: $350.00 US postpaid in North America.


PARACELSUS. [Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of 
Hohenheim, 1493-1541]. [PARACELSUS, PHILIPPUS 
THEOPHRASTUS BOMBAST OF HOHENHEIM]., L'ART 
D'ALCHIMIE & AUTRES ECRITS DE THEOPH. PARACELSE 
BOMBAST. TRES GRAND & TRES EXCELLENT PHILOSOPHE & 
CELEBRE DOCTUER EN LA MEDECINE, PRINCE DES 
MEDECINS HERMETIQUES & SPAGIRIQUES. TIRES DE 
TRADUCTIONS DE SES PREMIERS SECTATEURS 
FRANCAIS..., Paris: Aux Presses Litteraires de 
France. MCML (1950). First edition of this 
selection. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 108 
pp. Issued as Volume 2 de la Collection Paroles 
Degelees. Slightly bumped but overall a nice copy 
in the decorative wrappers. From the library of 
mystical philosopher Charles Mu ses, with a few 
pen marks in his hand and his name stamp on the 
inner front cover. Note: the full title reads 
L'ART D'ALCHIMIE & Autres Ecrits de Theoph. 
Paracelse Bombast. Tres grand & tres excellent 
Philosophe & celebre Doctuer en la Medecine, Pri 
nce des Medecins Hermetiques & Spagiriques. Tires 
de Traductions de ses Premiers Sectateurs 
francais. Contenant le Discours de l'Alchinie, un 
Traite du Mal Caduc, le tres-excellent Livre de 
Vers, Serpents, Araignees, &c & des Prefaces 
tres-utiles a considerer si l'on veut connaitre 
l'abus qui se commet en la Medecine, avec des 
commentaires. Auxquells on a ajoute en Appendice 
les Opinions du Doctueur Toxite & Jean Weir, 
hommes tres-doctes en leur temps. Avec l'Epitaphe 
de Theophraste Paracelse a Salseborurg.
PARACELSUS. [Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of 
Hohenheim, 1493-1541]. THE PROPHECIES OF 
PARACELSUS. MAGIC FIGURES AND PROGNOSTICATIONS 
MADE BY THEOPHRASTUS PARACELSUS ABOUT FOUR 
HUNDRED YEARS AGO., New York: Samuel Weiser. 
1974. First printing of this new edition. 
Orignally issued in 1915. Octavo, original 
pictorial wrappers [trade paperback format]. 
Contains the 32 "Magic Figures" with 
explanations. Covers a trifle browned, 
principally on rear panel; else a fine copy (no reading creases). Uncommon.

PARACELSUS. [Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of 
Hohenheim, 1493-1541]. HARTMANN, Franz, M.D., THE 
LIFE OF PHILIPPUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBAST OF 
HOHENHEIM, KNOWN BY THE NAME OF PARACELSUS AND 
THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS TEACHINGS CONCERNING 
COSMOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, PNEUMATOLOGY, MAGIC AND 
SORCERY, MEDICINE, ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY, 
PHILOSOPHY AND THEOSOPH, London: Kegan Paul, 
Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd. No Date (circa 1900). 
Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged (Second 
Impression). First published in 1887. Octavo, 
original dark red pebble-grained cloth bordered 
in blind on front panel, ruled and titled in gilt 
on spine. 311 pp., Appendix, Index. From the 
library of Edwa rd L. Magretts, with his name and 
aquisition stamps on the front endpapers and some 
scholarly pencil annotations to the text. A clean 
and tight copy in very good condition. ¶THE LIFE 
OF PHILIPPUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBAST OF HOHENHEIM, 
KNOWN BY THE NAME OF PARACELSUS And The Substance 
of His Teachings Concerning Cosmology, 
Anthropology, Pneumatology, Magic and Sorcery, 
Medicine, Alchemy and Astrology, Philosophy and 
Theosophy. Extracted and Translated from his Rare 
and Extensive Works and from Some Unpublished Manuscripts.

PARACELSUS. [Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of 
Hohenheim, 1493-1541]. PACHTER, Henry M., 
PARACELSUS.MAGIC INTO SCIENCE., New York: Henry 
Schuman. [1951]. First edition. Octavo, original 
black cloth titled in gilt and with red title 
label on spine panel. 360 pp. Appendixes, 
Bibliography, Notes, Index. Illustrated. From the 
library of Charles Muses, with his ownership 
stamps and handwritten notes on th e rear 
endpaper and to a few pages of the text. Old 
booksellers ticket of Samuel Weiser Books. A very 
good copy in a nice clean dust wrapper which has 
mild wear at the edges. ¶ "Being the true history 
of the troubled life, adventures, doctrines, mir 
aculous cures, and prophecies of the most 
renowned, widely travelled, very learned and 
pious gentleman, scholar, and most highly 
experienced and illustrious physicus, the 
Honorable Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus 
Bombastus ab Hohenheim, Ermita, call ed 
Paracelsus, doctor of both medicines and 
professor of theology, also adept of the Holy 
Cabbala and expert of the alchemical art, friend 
of the common man and defender of liberty. He 
cured patients whom ordinary doctors had 
abandoned for doomed, a nd he knew wonderful 
elixirs that restore youth to the old."

PARACELSUS. [Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of 
Hohenheim, 1493-1541]. TELEPNEF, Basilio de., 
PARACELSUS. A GENIUS AMIDST A TROUBLED WORLD. A 
SHORT ESSAY ON THE LIFE AD THE MAIN WORKS OF THIS 
GREAT PHYSICIAN, SCIENTIST AND PHILOSOPHER., St. 
Gallen, Switzerland: Zollikofer & Co. [1945]. 
First edition. Small octavo, original tan boards 
titled in red.93 pp., frontispiece, folding map. 
Bookseller's ticket "Rosicrucion Supply Bureaux 
San Jose California" on front paste-down, 
otherwise a fine copy in dust wrapper.

PARACELSUS. [Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of 
Hohenheim, 1493-1541]., PARACELSUS. SEINE 
WELTSCHAU IN WORTEN DES WERKES. HERAUSGEGEBEN VON 
ERWIN JAEKLE., Zurich: Atlantis-Verlag. 1942. 
Harcover, octavo, original blue cloth titled in 
gilt. 386 pp. Index. From the library of mystical 
philosopher Charles A. Muses, heavily annotated 
with his notes and marks to the text, the margins 
of the text, rear endpapers, dust wrapper flaps 
and r ear panel, plus 4 leaves of his intricate 
handwritten notes. The book is signed by Muses on 
the front free endpaper, dated 1948, as well as 
having his stamp of The Jacob Boehme Society, Inc 
- Muses founded this society. A bit leaned, very 
good in ch ipped and worn dust wrapper.

PARACELSUS. [Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of 
Hohenheim, 1493-1541]., SÄMTLICHE WERKE. NACH DER 
10BÄNDIGEN HUSERSCHEN GESAMTAUSGABE (1589-1591) 
ZUM ERSTENMAL IN NEUZEITLICHES DEUTSCH ÜBERSETZT. 
MIT EINLEITUNG, BIOGRAPHIE, LITERATURANGABEN UND 
ERKLÄRENDEN ANMERKUNGEN VERSEHEN VON BERNHARD 
ASCHNER., Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer. 
1926-1932. Four volumes. Quarto, original blue 
cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spines and 
front panels. Frontispiece & text drawings. 1012 
+ 909 + 1060 + 1163 pp. The collected Medical, 
Hermetic, Alchemical and Magical writings of 
Paracelsus. From the librar y of mystical 
philosopher Charles Muses, with his notes on the 
rear leaves and marks to the margins. Mild wear 
to cloth, a very good, sound set.

PARACELSUS. [Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of 
Hohenheim, 1493-1541]. JACOBI, Jolande [editor]. 
GUTERMAN, Norbert [translator]., PARACELSUS. 
SELECTED WRITINGS. EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION 
BY JOLANDE JACOBI. TRANSLATED BY NORBERT GUTERMAN 
. [FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH EDITION BY C.J. 
JUNG]., London: Routledge & Kegan Paiul. [1951]. 
First edition in English. Octavo, original green 
cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. [347] pp., 
Illustrated, Glossary, Bibliography. With 148 
woodcut illustrations to the text, reproduced 
from early printed books. Originally issued in 
German in 1942. Corners a bit bumped, some marks 
to the cloth; a very good clean copy in dust 
wrapper which shows some foxing and rubbing and 
has a few very small chips and tears. ¶ An 
excellent anthology of the writings of 
Paracelsus. From the library of mystical 
philosopher Charles Muses, with the JACOB BOEHME 
SOCIETY ownership stamp on the front free 
endpaper. The Foreword by C.J. Jung first appears here.


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