Five treatises of the philosophers stone : two of Alphonso, king of Portugall, as it was written with his own hand, and taken out of his closset, translated out of the Portuguez into English : one of John Sawtre, a monke, translated into English : another written by Florianus Raudorff, a German philosopher, and translated out of the same language into English : also, A treatise of the names of the philosophers stone, by William Gratacolle, translated into English : to which is added, The smaragdine table
A 1651 London collection of alchemical treatises translated and edited by Henry Pinnell, printed by Thomas Harper for readers pursuing the philosophers' stone. The pictures are small woodcut initial letters — T, H, G and others set in foliate scrollwork with hatched shading and worn, ink-heavy edges — usable as drop caps, monograms or ornament motifs.
