Title: Geber, The Most Experienced Arabian Prince and Philosopher, OF THE INVESTIGATION OR SEARCH OF PERFECTION
Author: Geber, The Most Experienced Arabian Prince and Philosopher
Publisher: The Alchemical Press
City: Edmonds, WAYear: 1983 (First Edition)Binding Style: Softcover
Pagination: 19Illustrated: No
Book Details + Condition: Softcover pamphlet is in very good condition, with minimal wear to wrappers. Measures 8.5" x 5.5". A work on Alchemy by Geber, The Most Experienced Arabian Prince and Philosopher. “Geber was the name ascribed to the author of a series of alchemical treatises which
began to appear in the Latin West in the middle of the 13th century. These
treatises included the Summa Perfectionis Magesterii; De Investigatione
Perfectionis; De Inventione Veritatis; Liber Fornacum and Testamentum, which
were usually printed together between the 15th and 17th centuries. These were
known until the nineteenth century to be translations of works originally
written in Arabic by Jābir ibn Ḥayyān. His name, in the
Latin form 'Geber', became widely celebrated. The Summa was so successful that,
according to George Sarton, it became the main chemical textbook in medieval
Europe, and its author was called “the father and founder of chemistry” by some
Western historians." [The History of Science and Technology in Islam]