⚠The manuscript is extremely faded and difficult to read. There is significant ghosting/bleed-through from the verso side.

The Soul

of Natural

Concerning the Transmutation

of Metals, and the

Philosopher’s Stone.

The "Philosopher's Stone" was the legendary substance alchemists believed could turn base metals into gold and grant eternal life.

By Monsieur De

Labatie.

Likely a reference to a 17th-century alchemical practitioner or author; the name is associated with various hermetic manuscripts of the period.