Ripley reviv'd: or, an exposition upon Sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works. Containing the plainest and most excellent discoveries of the most hidden secrets of the ancient philosophers, that were ever yet published. Written by Eirenæus Philalethes an Englishman, stiling himself citizen of the world.

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  • Ripley reviv'd: or, an exposition upon Sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works. Containing the plainest and most excellent discoveries of the most hidden secrets of the ancient philosophers, that were ever yet published. Written by Eirenæus Philalethes an Englishman, stiling himself citizen of the world.
  • Exposition upon Sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works
  • Exposition upon Sir George Ripley's epistle to King Edward IV.
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Imprint
London: Printed by Tho. Ratcliff and Nat. Thompson, for William Cooper at the Pelican in Little-Britain, 1678.
Publication year
1678-1678
ESTC No.
R825
Grub Street ID
128446
Description
[18], 47, [3], 389, [5], 10, [2], 28, [6], 25, [7] p. ; 8⁰
Note
Includes: "An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's epistle to King Edward IV", with separate title page dated 1677 and separate pagination; "An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's preface" and "An exposition upon the first six gates of Sir George Ripley's compound of alchymie" have separate title pages dated 1677 and continuous pagination; "An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's vision" has separate pagination and title page dated 1677; "Experiments for the preparation of the sophick mercury" has separate undated title page and separate pagination; "A breviary of alchemy; or a commentary upon Sir George Ripley's recapitulation" has a separate title page dated 1678 and separate pagination.

Edited by William Cooper.

Sometimes wrongly attributed to George Starkey or Thomas Vaughan (cf. DNB). Eirenaeus Philalethes's real name may have been Childe.

With an additional engraved title page.
Uncontrolled note
DFONOTE blg in the section "An exposition...first six gates...", subsections 2-6 have half-titles ; signatures from DFo, except assuming presence of engr. t.p. (lacking in DFo) - confirm that it is leaf *1 ; leaf ?2C4 is blank