The Chymical Wedding
by CLARKE, Lindsay
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Cape, 1989. 8vo, pp. 542. Original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine. A fine, unread copy in a fine dustwrapper. First edition. Winner of the Whitbread Prize.
Synopsis
The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz anno 1459) was edited in 1616 in Strasbourg (annexed by France in 1681), and its anonymous authorship is attributed to Johann Valentin Andreae. It is the third of the original manifestos of the mysterious "Fraternity of the Rose Cross".
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- Bookseller
- Neil Pearson Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1834
- Title
- The Chymical Wedding
- Author
- CLARKE, Lindsay
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Cape, 1989
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...