A translation of the last section of Limojon de Didier's Triomphe Hermétique (1689), 'Lettre Aux vrays Disciples d'Hermes, Contenant six principales clefs de la Philosophie Secrete', then only extant (in published form, at least) in French (H1642).
View Catalog: ALCH00012
| Catalog Name | ALCH00012 | |
|---|---|---|
| Document | Keynes MS 23 | |
| Title | Epistola ad veros Hermetis discipulos continens claves sex principales Philosophiae secretae | |
| Subtitle | ||
| Author | Isaac Newton | |
| Place of Origin | no place assigned | |
| Origin Date | early 1690's | |
| Repository | King's College | |
| Pages | 19 | |
| Wordcount | 4,750 | |
| Language | Latin; |
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Contains a Strasbourg lily watermark, as does Keynes Ms. 53: see Shapiro, 'Dating Game', 197-8.
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See Dobbs, Janus Faces, 180: she suggests this is probably Newton's own translation. Cf. Keynes Mss. 21 and 53, and Babson Ms. 420.