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A26735 Basil Valentine his Triumphant chariot of antimony with annotations of Theodore Kirkringius, M.D. : with the true book of the learned Synesius, a Greek abbot, taken out of the Emperour's library, concerning the philosopher's stone.; Triumph-Wagen Antimonii. English Basilius Valentinus.; Kerckring, Theodor, 1640-1693. 1678 (1678) Wing B1023; ESTC R14540 139,396 187

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