03-28-2025, 01:11 AM
Traicté du Feu et du Sel. Excellent et rare opuscule du sieur Blaise de Vigenère Bourbonnois, trouvé parmy ses papiers après son decés. First ed., 1608. Paris: Abel Langelier, 1618. Rouen: Jacques Calloué, 1642.
https://www.academia.edu/128362547/Traic...u_sel_1618
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https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65622c.image
Interesting article on this text here:
"An expert in ancient languages, a career diplomat, an alleged developer of robust cryptography codes, and an accomplished chemist – his description of benzoin distillation was the first to be published – Blaise de Vigenère’s interest in Alchemy couldn’t but be supposed."
https://www.labyrinthdesigners.org/alche...m-of-fire/
https://www.academia.edu/128362547/Traic...u_sel_1618
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https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65622c.image
Interesting article on this text here:
"An expert in ancient languages, a career diplomat, an alleged developer of robust cryptography codes, and an accomplished chemist – his description of benzoin distillation was the first to be published – Blaise de Vigenère’s interest in Alchemy couldn’t but be supposed."
https://www.labyrinthdesigners.org/alche...m-of-fire/