SECTION VI. — ALCHEMY. 95 1

Artis auriferae quam chemiam vocant. Basilese, 1572. 2 vols., i6rao.
Second edition under the title : * Artis auriferae quam chemiam vocant volumen primum, quod continet turbam philosophorum, aliosque antiquissimos autores ; cum indice rerum et verborum locupletissimo. Basileae, excudebat Conrad Waldkirch, expensis Claudii de Marne et Joan Aubry, 1593. 2 vols., i6mo. Vol. I, pp. [xvi]-63i-[xxxii] ; vol. 11, pp, 525-[xxii].
[Contenls .] VOL. I.
1. Propositiones seu maximae artis Chyraicae. p. [x],
2. \_Arisieiis^ Turba philosophorum in secunda philosophia longe
diversa et copiosior quam reliquae quae passim circumferun- tur. p. I.
3. Turbae philosophorum alterum exemplar, p. 66.
4. AUegoriae super librum turbae. p. 139.
5. ^nigmata ex visione Arislei et allege riis sapientum. p. 146.
6. In turbam philosophorum exercitationes. p. 154.
7. Aurora consurgens, quae dicitur aurea hora. p, 185.
8. Rosinus ad Euthiciam. p. 246.
9. Rosinus ad Saratantam episcopum. p. 277.
10. Liber divinarum interpretationum et definitionum. p. 316.
11. Practica Mariae prophetissae in artem alchimicam. p, 319.
12. Calid : Liber secretorum alchemiae.
13. Kalid, Rachaidibus : Liber trium verborum.
14. Aristoteles : De lapide philosophorum. p. 361.
15. Avicenna : De congelatione et conglutinatione lapidis. p. 374.
16. Expositio epistolae Alexandri regis, p. 382.
17. Autor ignotus : De secretis lapidis philosophorum. • p. 389.
18. Merlinus : Allegoria de arcano lapidis. p. 392.
19. Kalidy Rachaidibus Veradianus : De materia philosophici lapidis.
P- 397-
20. Avicenna : Tractatulus de alchimia. p. 405.
21. Arnoldus de Villa Nova: Semita semitae. p. 437.
22. Clangor buccinae. p. 448.
23. Correctio fatuorum. p. 545.
24. Liber de arte chymica. p. 575.
25. Morieniis Romanus : Sermo. p. 7.
i6. Trevirensis, Bernardus. [ Trevisanus] : Responsio ad Thomam de
Bononia medicum regis Caroli octavi. p. 55. 27. Scala philosophorum. p. 107.
952 -BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHEMISTRY.
Artis auriferae quam chemiam vocant. [Cont'd.] 23. Opus mulierum et ludus puerorum. p. 171.
29. Rosarium philosophorum. p. 204.
30. Arnaldus dc Villa Nova : Rosarium cum iiguris. p, 385.
31. A.d. V. N. : Novum lumen, p. 456.
32. A. d. V. N. : Flos florum. p. 470.
2)2,. A. d. V. N. : Nova epistola super alchymia ad regem Neapolita-
num. p. 488. 34. Baco, Rogerius : De mirabili potestate artis et naturae, p. 494.
Of this work a third edition in three volumes, Basileae, 1610, is named by Lenglet du Fresnoy. According to Schmieder this collection was made and edited by Gul. Gratarolus (b. 1516, d. 1568), Professor of Medicine at Marburg, and afterwards at Basel. C/. Gratarolus, G. : Verse alchemise, etc. For a German translation, see Morgenstern, Philippus Islebiensis.
ASHMOLE, ElIAS.
Arcanum, or the great secret of the Hermetical Philosophy. London, 1650. 8vo.
* Theatrum chemicum Britannicum ; containing severall poeticall Pieces of our Famous English Philosophers, who have written the Her- metique Mysteries in their owne Ancient Language. Faithfully collected into one volume with Annotations thereon by E. A., qui est Mercuriophilus Anglicus. The first Part. London, printed by J. Grismond for Nath. Brooke, at the Angel in Cornhill, 1652. pp. [xvi]-486-[viii], 4to. Plates. Portrait inserted.
[ Contents .']
1. Norton, Thomas : Ordinall of Alchemie. p. i.
2. Ripley, George : Compound of Alchemie. p. 107.
3. Pater Sapientioe. p. 194.
4. Hermes's Bird. p. 211.
5. Chaucer, Geoff ry. p. 227.
6. Dastin, John : Dastin's Dreame. p. 257.
7. Pearce the Black Monke, upon the Elixir, p. 269.
8. Richard Carpenter's Work. p. 275.
9. Andrewes, Abraham : Hunting of the Greene Lyon. p. 278.
10. Charnock, Thomas : Breviary of Naturall Philosophy, p. 291.
11. Charnock, Thomas: ^.nigmas. p. 303.
12. Bloomefield, William: Bloomefield's Blossomes. p. 305.
13. Sir Edward Kelkys^oxY^. p. 324.
14. Sir Edward Kelley to G. S. Gent. p. 332,
15. yohn Dees Testament, p. 334.
16. Thomas Robinson of the Philosophers' Stone, p. 335.
17. Experience and Philosophy, p. 336.