The Turba Philosophorum by Arthur Edward Waite

Publication: 2006 Ouroboros Press First Edition Thus Limited to 700 numbered copies [though numeration is unstated and no number present]

Out of Print

A fine press edition, with the text of the 1896 edition beautifully printed in Goudy and Hoefler typefaces.

“The Turba Philosophorum” (Assembly of the Alchemical Philosophers), is thought to date from the twelfth century, and is one of the earliest known Latin alchemical texts. It became one of the best known works in the alchemical lexicon, and is often quoted in later writings. Waite’s translation remains one of the most comprehensive: Writing of the text in his autobiography, Waite observed “It was translated and annotated by myself using two recensions which are both well known to Hermetists” – in other words it contains both the major versions of the work, probably drawn from Manget’s “Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa” (1702).

Condition: Fine