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A select bibliography of chemistry, 1492-1892

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SECTION VI. — ALCHEMY. 947

Alanus Phii.osophus. See Theatrum chemicum.
Albertus Magnus. See Theatrum chemicum ; a/so Petrus Bonus Ferrariensis, Pretiosa margarita.
Albertus Magnus.
* De mineralibus et rebus metallicis libri quinque. Coloniae, apud
Joannem Birckmannum et Theodorum Baumium, 1569. pp. 391- [xi], i6mo. De secretis mulierum, de virtutibus herbarum, lapidum et animalium, de mirabilibus mundi, ac de quibusdam effectibus causatis a quibus- dam animalibus, etc. Argentorati, 1600. T6mo.
* Philosophie naturalis isagoge sive introductiones, emendate nuper
et impresse summa diligentia, in libros phisicorum : De celo et mundo ; De generatione ; Metheororum ; De anima, Aristotelis ; cum annotaciunculis marginalibus. [Colophon :] Impressum Vienna Pannonie, per Joannem Singrenium ; expensis vero Leonhardi Alantse, liuis Viennensis, idibus decembribus anno 15 14. ff. Ixxvi, sm, 4to.
Albineus, Nathan. .S^^ Manget, J. J.
Albineus, Nathan.
*Bibliotheca chemica contracta ex delectu et emendatione N. A. in gratiam et commodum artis chemicae studiosorum. Genevse, 1654. i2mo.
Second edition, 1673.
Contains four alchemical treatises separately paged. Bibliographically of no value.
1. Augurellus, J^oannes Aurelius : Chrysopoeia et vellus aureum, seu
chrysopoeia major et minor, cum Nathanis Abinei carmine aureo. pp. 77.
2. Sendivogius, Michael (Divi leschi genus amo) : Novum lumen
chemicum e naturae fonte et manuali experimentis depromp- tum, cui accessit tractatus de sulphure. pp. 11-175.
3. Enchiridion physicae restitutae, in quo verus naturae concentus ex-
ponitur, plurimique antiquae philosophiae errores per canones et certas demonstrationes dulcide aperiuntur. pp. 179.
4. Arcanum Hermeticae philosophiae opus, in quo occulta naturae et
artis circa lapidis philosophorum materiam et operandi modum canonice et ordinate sunt manifesta. pp. 83. Nos. 3 and 4 are by the same anonymous author, who conceals his name in No. 3 under the anagram Spes inea est in agno, and in No. 4 under Penes ncs unda Tagi. The anagrams are, however, not identical.
948 .BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHEMISTRY.
Alchymi^ complementum et perfectio.
See Dreyfaches hermetisches Kleeblatt ; also Besondere Geheimnisse . . .
Alchymist, Der von Mose und denen Propheten Obel urtheilende. • See Der von Mose, etc.
Alethophilus. See Roth-Scholtz, Fr., Deutsches Theatrum chemicum ; also Trisme- gistus, Hermes.
Alexander rex. See Artis auriferas.
Ali Puli. See Quadratum alchymisticum.
Allegoric sapientum supra librum turb^ philosophorum. See Manget, J. J.; also Theatrum chemicum.
Allegoric super librum turb^. See Artis auriferse ; also Manget, J. J.
* Allerhochste (Das), edelste, kunstreicheste Kleinod und der uralteste verborgene Schatz -der Weisen in welchem die allgemeine Materia Prima, derselben nothwendige Praparation und iiberaus reiche Frucht des philosophischen Steins augenscheinlich gezeiget und klarlich dargethan wird. Frankfurt und Leipzig, 1755. pp. £xvi]-209, i2mo. Frontispiece and plates.
Allerley Particularia. See Aureum Vellus.
Alphonsus rex Castell.^. See Theatrum chemicum.
Altenburg, Leonhard von. See ABC.
Alvetanus, Cornelius Arnsrodius. See Theatrum chemicum.
Amor proximi. See ABC.
Ancienne (L*) guerre des chevaliers, ou le triomphe herm^tique. See R[ichebourg], J. M. D.
Ander (Ein) TractAtlein sehr nutzlich zu lesen.
See Roth-Scholtz, Fr., Deutsches Theatrum chemicum.
Andrea, Johann Valentin.
* Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreiitz, Anno 1459. Arcana publicata vilescunt : et gratiam prophanata amittunt. Ergo : ne margaritas obijce porcis, seu asino substerne rosas. Strassburg, in Verlagung Lazari Zetzners S. Erben, 16 16. pp. 143, i6mo.
Published anonymously. According to George Soane this curious work is an attack on the pretended brethren of the Rosy Cross, written by Johann Valentin Andrea, the reputed author of the Fama Fraternitatis (pub- lished at Frankfurt in 1617). For an English translation of this work consult A. E. Waite's Real History of the Rosicrucians, London, 1887.