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K L B AD

THE SECRET

OF HERMETIC

PHILOSOPHY

A WORK:

IN WHICH THE SECRETS OF NATURE AND

Art regarding the matter of the Philosophers' StoneThe legendary substance in alchemy believed to be capable of turning base metals into gold and granting eternal life.

and the method of working are made manifest

in a canonical and orderly manner.

A work by the same Anonymous Author

THE WAVE OF THE TAGUS IS WITHIN OUR POWER original: "PENES NOS UNDA TAGI." This Latin phrase is a famous anagram used by the author to conceal his identity; it rearranges to "JEHAN DESPAGNET."

W 2341

The printer's mark of the de Tournes family from Geneva. It consists of an oval border containing the motto "DO NOT DO TO ANOTHER WHAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE DONE TO YOURSELF" original: "QUOD TIBI FIERI NON VIS ALTERI NE FECERIS". Inside the border is a landscape scene featuring a large tree (likely an oak) in the center.

GENEVA

Published at the expense of Jean-Antoine and Samuel de Tournes original: "Sumpt. Ioannis Ant. & Samuelis de Tournes"

1653 original: "M. DC. LIII."

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