THE HERMETIC

MUSEUM

REFORMED

AND

ENLARGED,

Teaching all students of the Wise-Spagyric Art original: "Sopho-Spagyricæ Artis"; Spagyric refers to alchemical techniques of separating and recombining the constituents of a substance to achieve a more potent form. most faithfully,

in what manner that supreme and true Medicine of the

PHILOSOPHER'S STONE, original: "LAPIDIS PHILOSOPHICI"; the legendary substance capable of transmuting base metals into gold and acting as a universal panacea. by which all things

suffering from any defect whatsoever are restored,

can be found and obtained.

Containing

TWENTY-ONE CHEMICAL TREATISES.

Most excellent, the Names and Sequence of

which the following page will indicate.

For the benefit of the sons of doctrine original: "filiorum doctrinæ"; a common alchemical term for dedicated students or initiates into the "Hermetic" secrets, to whom the German

tongue is unknown, adorned in the Latin language.

A small typographic ornament featuring stylized floral motifs flanking a central element.

A faint, circular library stamp appears on the lower left; though illegible, it matches the placement and size of the royal library stamp on the opposite side of the page.

A circular library stamp on the lower right contains the Latin text "BIBLIOTH. REGIA," indicating that this copy once belonged to a Royal Library.

AT FRANKFURT,

At the house of HERMANN à SANDE.

1678. original: "clɔ Iɔc LXXVIII."; an archaic typographic form of Roman numerals where "clɔ" represents 1,000 and "Iɔ" represents 500.