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Basel (Basle), 1527. 

 Abich (H.). De Spinello. 



Berolini (Berlin), 1831. 

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[In Biblical Antiquities, Report, U. S. National Mu.seiun. 1896, p. 943.] 

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Franequerae (Franecker), 1699. 

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[Translated by Levasseur.] La Haye (The Hague), 1655. 



Contains material relating to the mystical properties of gems. 

 Ala.mus ab Ixsulis (Alain de Lisle). Dicta alani, etc. 



Lugduni-Batavorum (Leyden), 1599. 



An alchemical treatise containing material relating to the mystical properties 

 of gems. Alamus ab Insulis, 1). 1114, d. 1202, was the earliest Flemish alchemist. 

 Albertus Magnus. Die mineralibus. 



[In his opera, v. II.] Lugdiini (Leyden), 1651. 

 . De Vertutibus herl)arum, lapidum animalum, etc. 



Various editions. 

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Lyon, 1758. 



Contains extracts from the works of Albertus Magnus, relating to the magical 

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 Alcot (T.). Gems, talismans, and guardians. 



New York, 1886. 

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[Translated by Johannem Hippdamum.] Wien (Vienna), 1742. 



See also: Hermetischer Rosenkranz, Pretiosa ^largarita, ^langet, Theatrum 

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Contains an account of the use of the beryl in divination. 

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[In Nicholson's Journal, I, 1797, 24.] 



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