BOOK ONE.

Concerning the

PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

and its preparation.

BOOK TWO.

Concerning

PARTICULAR

transmutations.

In alchemy, "particular" transmutations refer to the transformation of specific base metals into gold or silver, often through processes considered less "universal" than those involving the Great Elixir.

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BOOK THREE.

Concerning the

RARER PREPARATIONS

from the principal minerals:

mercury (☿), copper (♀), Vitriol, Tartar, and Arsenic.

BOOK FOUR.

Concerning the

MORE SECRET METHODS

of making extracts, distilled waters, balsams,

essences, and philosophical salts from vegetable

simples, and likewise how to extract

tinctures from any stones whatsoever.

"Simples" refers to individual medicinal plants or herbs used in their natural state before being combined into complex compounds.

BOOK FIVE.

Concerning

VARIOUS MEDICATIONS,

more secret and rarer, for all

diseases of the entire human body.