A New Chemical Light with Twelve Secret Chemical Tables

Title, 78 pages original: "ss", shorthand for the German Seiten, meaning pages
Title, 232 pages.
13 illustrations within the text. original: "Textabb.", short for Textabbildungen
li Possibly a library shelfmark or a shorthand for the Latin liber (book).

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Pasted in the center is a symbolic emblem. It features an Ouroboros—a serpent eating its own tail—representing the cyclical nature of the universe and eternity. Inside this circle is a "Pelican in her piety," a bird wounding her own breast to feed her young with her blood, which in alchemy symbolizes the "Great Work" and self-sacrifice. The scene is flanked by the sun and a crescent moon, representing the union of opposites. At the bottom is a square pedestal decorated with four roses, a motif frequently associated with Rosicrucianism.