A CATALOGUE OF THE FERGUSON COLLECTION OF BOOKS MAINLY RELATING TO ALCHEMY, CHEMISTRY, WITCHCRAFT AND GIPSIES.
Mansfield Center, CT: Martino Publishing, ca. 2000. Facsimile of the First Edition of 1943. Octavo, 2 volumes. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spines. xv, 820 pp. A fine set without dust jackets, as issued. Item #313541
¶ Much needed reprint of the rare catalogue issued in an edition of 40 copies only (Glasgow: R. Maclehose, 1943). Ferguson (1837-1916), author of the standard bibliography BIBLIOTECA CHEMICA, 1906, here catalogues his personal collection of some 7500 books (about 2500 of which are on Alchemy) and 338 manuscripts now in the Glasgow University Library.
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