Jean D'Espagnet's The Summary of Physics Restored (Enchyridion Physicae Restitutae): The 1651 Translation with D'Espagnet's Arcanum (1650)

by Jean D'Espagnet, Thomas Willard (Editor)

It was published anonymously in 1623 and only later was the author discovered by Jean Bachou by deciphering hidden anagrams in the text. "The book was a revelation. The first tract, [of two], "Handbook of Recovered Science"[Trans], restored the wisdom of the ancients. The "Secret Work of Hermetic Philosophy" [trans], gained a reputation for unusual clarity in a famously obscure subject."-from introduction. "English Renaissance Hermeticism, is a series of new, authoritave editions of rare hermetic and alchemical texts which with few exceptions, have not been reprinted since their original publication in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. It includes treatises. that were widely read and influenced English Renaissance thought and art in important ways."-from general introduction.

Genres: Alchemy

212 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1623