Jo. Jacobi Mangeti, medicinae doctoris et sereniss. ac potentiss. regis Prussiae archiatri, Bibliotheca chemica curiosa, seu, Rerum ad alchemiam pertinetium thesaurus instructissimus : quo non tantùm artis auriferae, ac scriptorum in ea nobiliorum historia traditur : lapidis veritas argumentis & experimentis innumeris, immò & juris consultorum judiciis evincitur : termini obscuriores explicantur : cautiones contra impostores & difficultates in tinctura universali conficienda occurrentes, declarantur : verùm etiam tractatus omnes virorum celebriorum, qui in magno sudarunt elixyre, quíque ab ipso Hermete, ut dicitur, Trismegisto, ad nostra usque tempora de chrysopoea scripserunt, cum praecipuis suis commentariis, concinno ordine dispositi exhibentur. Ad quorum omnium illustrationem additae sunt quamplurimae figurae aeneae
A two-volume Latin anthology of alchemical treatises from Hermes Trismegistus onward, compiled by the Geneva physician Jean-Jacques Manget and printed there in 1702 for scholars, physicians and practitioners of chrysopoeia. Copperplate and woodcut plates mix radiant suns, winged putti, furnaces and retorts with emblematic diagrams of stars, planetary signs and hierarchic triangles—usable as occult symbols, laboratory props and framing devices.
