The Cradle /

of the

Philosopher’s Stone /

Described by an unknown Che-

valier French for "Knight" or "Nobleman"; authors of alchemical texts often used titles of nobility or pseudonyms to maintain anonymity. in the French language /

And now translated from French into

German /

J. L. M. C.

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Hermes Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary Hellenistic figure regarded as the father of alchemy (Hermeticism). and Geber The Latinized name of Jabir ibn Hayyan, an 8th-century scholar whose writings formed the foundation of medieval alchemy..

Whoever brings this art to completion once,
even if he lived a thousand-times a thou-
sand years, and had to provide for
four thousand people every day,
he would still have more than enough left over.

HAMBURG /

Published by Gottfried Liebernickel. 1692.