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A Catalogue of the Ferguson Collection of Books Mainly Relating to Alchemy, Chemistry, Witchcraft and Gipsies... by Ferguson, John, 1837-1916 - 2002: in the Library of the University of Glasgow.

by Ferguson, John, 1837-1916

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A Catalogue of the Ferguson Collection of Books Mainly Relating to Alchemy, Chemistry, Witchcraft and Gipsies...: in the Library of the University of Glasgow.

by Ferguson, John, 1837-1916

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Glasgow, R. Maclehose, 1943; reprint Martino 2002 with Krown & Spellman. Hard Cover. Ferguson, Regius Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow, is well known among scholars for his 'Bibliotheca Chemica', a catalogue of the alchemical collection of James Young (1811-1883) published in 1906. This two-volume work describing Ferguson's own collection of some 7500 books (about 2500 on alchemy) and 338 manuscripts was first brought out during World War II in only 40 copies due to paper rationing. Two volumes: xv, 384 & [ii], 385-820 pages, oversize octavo; binder's cloth; new from publisher. Besterman 277. Stock#32758x
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  • Keywords Occult medical library alchemy history of medicine
Bibliographical Notes on Histories of Inventions and Books of Secrets; 2
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Bibliotheca chemica. A bibliography of books on alchemy, chemistry and pharmaceutics.

by FERGUSON, John (1837-1916)

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London:: Derek Verschoyle, 1954., 1954. Reprint. Two volumes. 248 x 171 mm. Large 8vo. xxi, 487; [vi], 598 pp. Gray cloth, gilt spines; spine freckled. Very good.
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