PHILALETHES EXPLAINED, original: "Philaletha Illustratus"; "Illustratus" here means clarified or made famous through commentary

AN OPEN ENTRANCE

To the

CLOSED PALACE

OF THE KING, original: "Introitus Apertus ad Occlusum Regis Palatium"; this is one of the most famous alchemical treatises of the 17th century, describing the process of creating the Philosopher's Stone

explained by certain new observations.

WITH A NEW PREFACE,

In which the life as well as the writings, both published and

unpublished, of Eirenaeus Philalethes are briefly

set forth.

Eirenaeus Philalethes was the pseudonym of an author (now identified as George Starkey) whose identity was a subject of great mystery in the 18th century

To these is added an account

OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF STARCKIUS,

George Starkey (Starckius), a Harvard-educated chemist who was the true author behind the Philalethes persona

As well as

LORD DOCTOR BECHER’S PANTALEON

Johann Joachim Becher, a famous German physician and alchemist known for his theory of "fatty earth" (terra pinguis)

unmasked.

original: "delarvatus"; a polemical work exposing the secrets or identity of another alchemist writing under the name "Pantaleon"

By the effort of

Johann Michael Faust,

Doctor of Medicine and Ordinary Physician term: "Physicus Ordinarius"; a state-appointed public health official or municipal doctor of the Republic of Frankfurt am

Main,

In the College of the Curious, called "Theophilus."

A reference to a private or semi-private scientific society; "Theophilus" likely refers to "lover of God" or a specific patron

Frankfurt am Main, 1728.

At the shop of J. BENJAMIN ANDREÆ & HEINRICH HORT.