THE GOLDEN FLEECE

original: "AVREVM VELLVS"

Golden Treasury and Chamber of Knowledge:

Wherein are contained the writings

and books of the most

noble, excellent, exquisite,

most splendid, and proven authors; from the very ancient treasure of the surviving,

hidden, and withheld relics and monuments of the

Egyptian, Arabian, Chaldean, and Assyrian

Kings and Sages.

Capuchin Library / 1798
This later handwritten insertion indicates this specific copy once belonged to a library of the Capuchin friars.

The noble, highly enlightened, excellent,
proven Philosopher Salomon Trismosin (who
was the preceptor A teacher or mentor; Trismosin was the legendary teacher of the famous physician Paracelsus. of the great Philosopher and Physician Theophrastus Paracelsus),
arranged into specific, distinct little
treatises, and translated
into German.

Along with other special treatises by philosophical
writers, both old and new; all of which have never
before been heard of or seen, as the table of contents
makes clear.

Collected from the original texts and manuscripts
by a lover of the Art In this context, "the Art" refers specifically to Alchemy, the pursuit of transmuting base metals and seeking spiritual perfection. with great
expense, effort, labor, and danger, and published
with the greatest faithfulness and
diligence.

Printed at Rorschach on Lake Constance.