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- ↑ Didier Kahn, Alchimie et paracelsisme en France à la fin de la Renaissance (1567-1625), Cahiers d'Humanisme et Renaissance (Droz, 2007), 42-45
- ↑ [ars hæc] partim est naturalis, partim divina sive supra naturam
- ↑ Modena, Biblioteca Estense MS. latino 299 (Alpha M 8, 16). XV/XVI secolo. 59 folii. Carta Petrus Bonus. Incipit pretiosa et notabilis Margarita Novella et ipsa est quaestio de speculatione et virtute artis alchimie... per magistrum Bonum Ferrariensem scilicet utrum ars alchimie sit omnino vere vel fantastica with an epigram by Lodovico Lazzarelli http://www.levity.com/alchemy/almss22.html
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