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 Eirenaeus Philalethes an Englishman, stiling himself citizen of the world.

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 Eirenaeus Philalethes an Englishman, stiling himself citizen of the world.

London : Printed by Tho. Ratcliff and Nat. Thompson, for William Cooper at the Pelican in Little-Britain, 1678.

[18], 47, [3], 389, [5], 10, [2], 28, [6], 25, [7] p. ; (8vo)

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.

Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract Supplement reel E3 a fragment with engraved title page only.

Signatures: *⁸ A-B⁸, D⁸ E⁴(-E4); ²A-2B⁸ ²2C⁴; ³A-B⁸; ⁴A-B⁸.

DFONOTE blg in the section "An exposition...first six gates...", subsections 2-6 have half-titles ; signatures from DFo, except assuming presence of engr. title page (lacking in DFo) - confirm that it is leaf *1 ; leaf ²2C4 is blank.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), S5286
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R825

Exposition upon Sir George Ripley's epistle to King Edward IV.
Exposition upon Sir George Ripley's preface.
Exposition upon the first six gates of Sir George Ripley's compound of alchymie.
Exposition upon Sir George Ripley's vision.
Experiments for the preparation of the sophick mercury.
Breviary of alchemy; or a commentary upon Sir George Ripley's recapitulation.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

185- 978q

Imperfect: lacking the engraved t.p. Tape repairs to ¹B3 and ⁴A8-⁴B1 have darkened and damaged those leaves; rust-hole in ²G7. Bound in antique-style tan calf. Provenance: Folger purchase from Francis Edwards, 16 May 1962