PREFACE.

Thirdly, if anyone desires to know all the works of a certain Author held in delight above all others, along with his various editions, he will find these also in this list, its Appendix, and the Corollary.

Fourthly, our work will also be useful to Librarians, for filling the book cabinets with selected and choice books.

Fifthly, it will bring both learning (since with this Catalog they will come to know Chemical books In Borel's time, "Chemical" (Chimicos) referred to both practical chemistry and the esoteric study of alchemy. previously unknown to them) and profit to Booksellers; for it will increase the number of buyers, who often, due to a lack of Authors' names or ignorance of editions, either do not buy books or cannot find them.

Sixthly, this great crowd of Philosophers will be no small proof of the truth of Alchemy; and since Ventura Laurentius Ventura was a 16th-century Venetian alchemist and physician., Maier Michael Maier (1568–1622) was a celebrated German physician and counselor to Emperor Rudolf II, known for his alchemical writings and emblems., and others boast of naming three hundred Authors, I leave you as the judge of our labor Borel suggests that his own list is significantly larger than the three hundred names cited by previous authorities, thereby providing even stronger evidence for the validity of the alchemical tradition..

Seventhly, this work will also be most welcome to Authors still enjoying the breath of life original: vitali fruentibus aura — a poetic idiom meaning those who are still living., or to their sons, since they will see in it a List List: Borel uses Elenchus, meaning a structured index or register. of their works, by which it will be clear throughout the world that they have devoted their labor to this matter.

Eighthly, there exist countless men among foreign nations who have not heard that French books exist, and countless in France who have not heard of the books of other nations; however, through our Catalog, all authors will become known to all people, of whom