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...published in Dordrecht, 1618, in octavo. This is the conclusion of an entry from the previous page, likely referring to a specific edition of an alchemical text.
The Treasury of Philosophers. Manuscript. original: "Ærarium Philosophorum."
Asies, from an ancient manuscript.
Afflictes, in the Assembly of the Philosophers, cited by Arthur Dee. Arthur Dee (1579–1651) was the son of the famous polymath John Dee and served as a physician to Tsar Michael I of Russia; he was a dedicated alchemist.
Afflontus, appears in the Latin Assembly. original: "turba latina." Refers to the Latin version of the Turba Philosophorum.
Africanus, cited in the Chemical Assembly.
Agadmon, Agadimon, or Agdmion, is a Chemist.
Agathodaemon the Greek; according to Combach's commentary on Ripley, he is a Chemist. Agathodaemon was a legendary figure in Greco-Egyptian alchemy, often associated with Hermes Trismegistus. Combach refers to Johann Combach, a 17th-century professor who edited the works of the English alchemist George Ripley.
Agmon, in the Assembly, according to Hoghelande, he is a Chemist. Theobald von Hoghelande was a 16th-century writer who sought to defend the reality of alchemy against skeptics.
Giovan Battista Agnelli, Exposition on a book titled the Apocalypse of the Secret Spirit, London, 1565. Agnelli was an Italian alchemist living in Elizabethan London; this work is one of the earliest alchemical books published in England.
Agodias, a Chemist, from The Glory of the World. original: "Gloria Mundi," a popular anonymous alchemical treatise often included in the Musaeum Hermeticum.
Johann Agricola, in Poppius, 4 volumes, volume 2. Johann Agricola (1590–1668) was a German physician and chemist known for his extensive commentaries on the preparations of Johann Poppius.
Georgius Agricola, On the Nature of Metals, 12 books. Basel, folio edition, 1621. original: "De re metallica." This is the foundational text of mining and metallurgy, though Agricola generally remained skeptical of "transmutation" alchemy.
Georgius Agricola Philopistius of Germany, The Philosophers' Stone, Cologne, 1531, in twenty-four-mo; also titled Galerazeia or The Revealer of Secrets concerning the Philosophers' Stone. The epithet "Philopistius" implies a "lover of faith."
The same author, On the Arabian Elixir.
On Potable Gold. term: Potable Gold (Aurum Potabile) was a sought-after medicinal oil or liquid made from gold, believed to be a universal panacea.
And the Apples of Paradise.
Dialogues of Joachim and Daniel.
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, spoke of certain chemical matters and the Secret Fire in The Vanity of the Sciences and elsewhere. Agrippa (1486–1535) was a famous occult philosopher. In his "Vanity of Sciences," he famously critiqued all disciplines, including alchemy, though he remained deeply knowledgeable about its theories.