CHEMICAL LIBRARY Original Latin title: Bibliotheca Chimica

OR A CATALOGUE OF PHILOSOPHICAL BOOKS

OF THE HERMETIC TRADITION The "Hermetic" tradition refers to the philosophical and alchemical practices attributed to the legendary figure Hermes Trismegistus.

IN WHICH APPROXIMATELY FOUR THOUSAND

Chemical Authors, or those concerning the

transmutation of Metals, the Mineral realm,

and Secret Arts Arcana: hidden knowledge or laboratory secrets, often involving medical or chemical preparations., both manuscripts and

published works, along with their

editions up to the year 1653, are contained.

Including an Appendix to this Library, and

a Corollary.

BY THE AUTHOR PIERRE BOREL Latin: Petrus Borellius

Of Castres, Doctor of Medicine,

A small typographical ornament resembling a cross or quatrefoil made of four stylized leaves.

AT PARIS,

At the house of { CHARLES DU MESNIL, on the Rue Saint-Jacques Latin: via Iacobea, at the Sign of the Samaritan Woman near the Church of Saint-Yves. And THOMAS JOLLY, on the Rue de la Vieille Bouclerie Latin: via Veteris Enodationis near the end of the Saint-Michel Bridge, under the Dutch Shield.

1654. 1654

With the King's Privilege. A legal protection granting the author or publisher the exclusive right to print a work for a set period.