Verae alchemiae artis'qve metallicae citra aenigmata, doctrina, certvs'qve modus, scriptis tum nouis tum ueteribus nunc primùm & fideliter maiori ex parte editis, comprehensus : quorum elenchum à praefatione reperies

Richardus, Anglicus, d. 1252, Braccesco, Giovanni, 16th cent, Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365, Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294, Monte, Giovanni Battista da, 1498-1551, Arnaldus, de Villanova, d. 1311, Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280, Aristotle, Avicenna, 980-1037, Gratarolo, Guglielmo, 1516?-1568?, Augurelli, Giovanni Aurelio, ca. 1456-1524?, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Tauladanus, Robertus, Khalid ibn Yazid al-Umawi, 7th cent · 1561 · Basileae : [s.n.] · 9 pictures

A 1561 Basel compilation of alchemical treatises in Latin, gathering texts attributed to Richardus Anglicus, Giovanni Braccesco, Johannes de Rupescissa and Roger Bacon for learned readers of metallurgy and transmutation. The pictures are woodcut initial letters filled with grotesque masks, dragons, quadrupeds and owls in coarse black line, usable as drop caps, spot ornaments or creature motifs.

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