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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Bibliotheca chimica. Seu catalogus liborum philosophicorum hermeticorum. In quo quatuor millia ciciter, authorem chimicorum vel de transmutatione metallorum, re minerali & arcanis, tam manuscriptorum, quam in lucem editorum, cum eorum editionibus, usque ad annum 1653 continentur.

Paris: Carol du Mesnil & Thomas Jolly, 1654.

The first independent bibliography of chemistry and alchemy, citing 4000 books and manuscripts, including authors or titles now lost or obtainable today only with great difficulty. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#12810
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/15056
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLbibliotheca-chimica-seu-catalogus-liborum-philosophicorum-hermeticorum-in-quo-quatuor-millia-ciciter-authorem-chimicorum-

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris