From: ladislas@sobeco.com (Ladislas A.)
Newsgroups: alt.magick
Subject: Bibliography (was Re: Alchemy )
Summary: french and latin alchemy books.
Date: 25 Jan 93 07:44:36 GMT
Organization: Sobeco Ernst & Young

My offer to post the bibliography in Sadoul's _Le_Tresor_Des_Alchimistes_
found a taker.

How to read this:
Author(s), french title (my best translation - where I deemed necessary).
           editor when specified, year of publication, ...

I've taken the content as is.  Unfortunately, most books are in french,
some in latin or another language.  My translation of the titles may be
more confusing than helpful, sorry.  Many of these books now exist only in
museums or libraries.  Some might be available for reading but I can't 
give any garantees.  In the second part, the list is of books that have
been re-edited/published.  You should have a better chance with those, but
look for the author's name, not the translated title.

Here it is:

"The works that must be read are preceded by a *.  I have voluntarily limited
 the number of ancient books to consult in librairies.  This bibliography, far
 from pretending to be complete, is meant only to be practical and useful to
 the reader."(1)

General works on Alchemy:

ALLEAU Rene,  _Aspects_de_l'Alchimie_Traditionnelle_  (Aspects of Traditional
               Alchemy),  Editions de Minuit, Paris, 1953.

BARBAULT Armand, _L'Or_du_Millieme_Matin_ (The Gold of the Thousandth Morning),
                 Editions Publications Premieres, Paris, 1969.

CARO Roger,  _Concordances_Alchimiques_ (Alchemical Concordances) 1968,
             edited at the author's "Les Angelots"(2), Chemin de la Madrague,
             83-Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer.

FIGUIER Louis, * _L'Alchimie_et_les_Alchimistes_ (Alchemy and Alchemists),
                 Hachette, Paris, 1856.  Shortened re-edition, SGPP-Denoel,
                 1970.

KAMALA-JNANA,  _Dictionnaire_de_Philosophie_Alchimique_ (Alchemical Philosophy
                Dictionary).  Edition Charlet, Argentiere, 1961.

GANZENMULLER W.,  _L'Alchimie_au_Moyen_Age_ (Alchemy in the Middle Ages).
                  Editions Aubier, 1940.

GRILLOT DE GIVRY,  _Le_Musee_des_Sorciers,_Mages_et_Alchimistes_ (The Museum of
                   Sorcerers, Mages and Alchemists) (1929), Editions Tchou,
                   Paris, 1966.

HOLMYARD E. J.,  _L'Alchimie_,  Editions Arthaud, 1979.

HUSSON Bernard,  _Transmutations_Alchimiques_, J'ai Lu, 1974.

HUTIN Serge,  _L'Alchimie_ Collection "Que sais-je?", Paris, 1967.

HUTIN Serge & Caron M.,  _Les_Alchimistes_,  Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1964.

LENGLET DU FRESNOY Nicolas,  * _Histoire_de_la_Philosophie_Hermetique_ 
                              (History of the Hermetic Philosophy), Amsterdam,
                              1742 and Paris, 1744.

MANGUET Jean-Jacques,  * _Bibliotheca_Chemica_Curiosa_, Geneva, 1702.

MARCARD Rene,  _Petite_Histoire_de_la_Chimie_et_de_l'Alchimie_ (Little History
                of Chemistry and Alchemy).  Editions Delmas, Bordeaux, 1938.

POISSON Albert,  * _Theories_et_Symboles_des_Alchimistes_ (Theories and Symbols
                   of the Alchemists).  Chacornac, Paris, 1891.

SALMON Guillaume,  * _Bibliotheque_des_Philosophes_Chimiques_ (Library of
                     Chemical Philosophers).  Paris, 1672.

SCHMIEDER Karl Christoph,  * _Geschichte_der_Alchemie_.  Halle, 1832.

D'YGE Claude,  * _Nouvelle_Assemblee_des_Philosophes_Chymiques_ (New Assembly of
                 Chemical Philosophers).  Dervy-Livres, Paris, 1954.


Alchemy treaties recently published or re-printed:

ALBERT LE GRAND,  _Le_Grand_et_le_Petit_Albert_ (The Great and The Little(?)
                   Albert),  Preceded by a historical study by Bernard Husson.
                   Nouvel Office d'Editions, 1970.

ALTUS,   _Mutus_Liber_.  Editions Derain, Lyon, 1942.

       * _L'Alchimie_et_son_Livre_Muet_ (Alchemy and its Mute Book).  Editions
          du Pauvert, 1967.  Introduction and explanations by Eugene Canseliet.

BASILE VALENTIN,  _Revelation_des_Mysteres_des_Teintures_des_Sept_Metaux_
                   (Revelation of the Mysteries and Tinctures of the Seven
                    Metals).  Editions de Psyche, 1954.

                * _Les_Douzes_Cles_de_la_Philosophie_ (The Twelve Keys of the
                  Philosophy).  Editions de Minuit, 1956.  Intro and explana-
                  tions by Eugene Canseliet.

BERNARD LE TREVISAN,  _La_Parole_Delaissee_ in _Nouvelle_Assemblee_des_Philo-
                      sophes_Chymiques_ (The Discarded(?) Word - treatise 
                      included in Claude D'Yge's _Nouvelle_Assemblee_des_...)
                      Dervy-Livres, 1954.

CANSELIET Eugene,  _Deux_Logis_Alchimiques_ (Two Alchemical Homes).  Editions
                    Schemit, 1946.

                 * _Alchimie_.  Editions Pauvert, 1964.

CYLIANI,  _Hermes_Devoile (Hermes Unveiled). (1832),  Editions Chacornac, 1961.

FLAMEL Nicolas,  * _Le_Livre_des_Figures_Hieroglyphiques_ (The Book of Hiero-
                   glyphs) followed by _Le_Sommaire_Philosophique_ (The Philo-
                   sophical Summary) and _Le_Desir_Desire_ (The Desired Desire).
                   Historical study by Eugene Canseliet.  Editions SGPP-Denoel,
                   1970.

FULCANELLI,  _Le_Mystere_des_Cathedrales_ (The Mystery of the Cathedrals)(1926).
              Prefaced by Eugene Canseliet.  Editions Pauvert, 1964.

           * _Les_Demeures_Philosophales_ (The Philosophal(?) Residences(?))
             (1930).  Prefaced by Eugene Canseliet.  Editions Pauvert, 1965.

HUSSON Bernard, * _Deux_Traites_d'Alchimie_du_XIXe_siecle_ (Two Alchemy Treatise
                  from the XIXth century):
                  1) Cours de Philosophie Hermetique (Course on Hermetic
                     Philosophy), by L.P.F. Cambriel (1843)
                  2) Hermes Devoile (Hermes Unveiled), by Cyliani, (1832).
                  Editions de l'Omnium Litteraire, 1964.

LE BRETON,  _Les_Cles_de_la_Philosophie_Spagyrique_ (The Keys to Spagiric(?)
             Philosophy) (1722).  Predaced by Rene Alleau.  Editions
             Caracteres, 1957.

MAIER Michel,  _Atalante_Fugitive_ ( ??? ).  Intro and notes by E. Perrot.
                Librairie de Medicis, 1969.

PARACELSUS,  _Les_Sept_Livres_de_l'Archidoxe_Magique (The seven books of ????
              Magic).  Editions Niclaus, 1960.

PHILALETHES Eyrenee,  * _L'Entree_Ouverte_au_Palais_Ferme_du_Roi_ (The Opened
                         Entryway to the Closed Palace of the King).  New
                         translation by M. Preaud.  Editions SGPP-Denoel, 1970.

POISSON Albert,  * _Cinq_Traites_d'Alchimie_ (Five Alchemy Treaties) 1893.
                   1) Le chemin du chemin (the way of the way), by Arnauld
                      de Villeneuve.
                   2) La clavicule (The clavicle(?)), by Raymond Lulle.
                   3) Le miroir d'Alquimie (The Alchemy mirror), by Francis
                      Bacon.
                   4) Le tresor des tresors (The treasure of treasures), by
                      Paracelsus.
                   5) Le compose des composes (The composite of composites),
                      by Albert The Great.
                   [the author specifies that this work is rare]

[Some authors will never get a nomination for imaginative titles!
 _The_schwartz_of_schwartzes_ :-) ]


As Josh mentioned, Sadoul is very french.  What else can we expect of someone
who lives in France and writes in french only (as far as I know)?


Coming soon on a big (or little) screen near you:
 " Main Alchemy treaties of ancient philosophers"
 (last section of Sadoul's _Le_Tresor_des_Alchimistes_'s bibliography)

Sorry, but it's 2:30am EST and I've had enough for one night. :-)

Ladislas.
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(1):  author's note concerning his bibliography, as translated by me.
(2):  "Les Angelots" might be the author's own shop.  I'm not really sure
      what it is, if not.