The last vvill and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the order of St. Bennet : which, being alone, he hid under a table of marble, behind the high-altar of the cathedral church, in the imperial city of Erford : leaving it there to be found by him, whom Gods providence should make worthy of it : to which is added two treatises, the first declaring his manual operations, the second shewing things natural and supernatural (1671)
Basilius Valentinus · London : Printed by S.G. and B.G. for Edward Brewster ... · leaf 279
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