JACOB TOLLIUS’S

CHANCE REMARKS. original: "Fortuita." Tollius (1633–1696) was a Dutch classicist and alchemist; this title suggests a collection of miscellaneous observations.

CRITICAL NOTES

MYTHICAL

GREEK, PHOENICIAN, and EGYPTIAN HISTORY is asserted to pertain to CHEMISTRY. Chemistry: In 1687, "Chemia" referred primarily to Alchemy—the art of transmuting metals and seeking the "Philosopher's Stone." Tollius argues here that ancient myths were actually coded alchemical recipes.

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AMSTERDAM,

1687.