HANDBOOK

OF PHYSICS original: "Physicae"; in this period, "Physics" referred to "Natural Philosophy," the study of the laws and nature of the physical universe.

RESTORED.

In which the true harmony of Nature is explained,
and many errors of ancient Philosophy
are clearly revealed through rules original: "canones" and
certain demonstrations.

A second treatise inscribed:

THE SECRET WORK OF

HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY A tradition of knowledge—spanning science, medicine, and magic—based on the writings attributed to the mythical figure Hermes Trismegistus.:

In which the secrets of Nature and Art concerning
the matter of the Philosophers' Stone The legendary alchemical substance believed to be capable of transmuting base metals into gold and granting long life. and
the method of working are made manifest
according to rules and order.

MY HOPE IS IN THE LAMB. original: "SPES MEA EST IN AGNO"; this phrase is a Latin anagram for the author's name, IOANNES DESPAGNETVS.

A woodcut printer's ornament featuring three stylized fleur-de-lis arranged in a row above two smaller inverted fleur-de-lis, all integrated into symmetrical decorative scrollwork.

AT ROUEN original: "Rothomagi," the Latin name for the city of Rouen in Normandy, France.,

1647.