TURBA PHILOSOPHORUM - A Complete English Translation by A. E. Waite (Ouroboros Press, HB, 2006)

TURBA PHILOSOPHORUM. Or Assembly of the Sages. Called also The Book of Truth In The Art and the Third Pythagorical Synod; and Known unto the Wise as the Crowd of the Philosophers. - Translated by Arthur Edward Waite

Hardback, Ouroboros Press, 2006. 158 pages. Maroon cloth and jacket. Out of print, scarce edition. Limited to 700 copies.

 "The Turba Philosophorum" (Assembly of the Alchemical Philosophers), is thought to date from the twelfth century, and is one of the earliest known Latin alchemical texts. It became one of the best known works in the alchemical lexicon, and is often quoted in later writings. Waite's translation remains one of the most comprehensive: Writing of the text in his autobiography, Waite observed "It was translated and annotated by myself using two recensions which are both well known to Hermeticists" - in other words it contains both the major versions of the work, probably drawn from Manget's "Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa" (1702). This edition presents Waite's 1896 edition with stunning layout and typography.

Condition : Excellent / Near Fine unread copy. Light shelf-wear and a small mark to dust-jacket on bottom left corner, otherwise excellent throughout.