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"Eugenius Philalethes" The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R.C. commonly, of the Rosie Cross, first edition in English of the first and second Rosicrucian manifestos, title lightly spotted, (b2) small section of lower corner torn away with loss of a few letters recto and verso, trimmed at head and foot, affecting a few headlines, page numbers or catch-words, modern calf, spine gilt, [Wing F350A], 8vo, Printed by J[ohn]. M[acock] for Giles Calvert 1652. *** Scarce at auction. Frances Yates in her Rosicrucian Enlightenment considered the publication of the Fame and Confession 'an epoch-making event' (p. 185). The combination of Hermetic philosophy, magic, alchemy and mysticism found a great number of followers in England, including Robert Boyle and Christopher Wren