A Philosophical and Chemical

Treatise: titled

The Little Peasant:

Hitherto long hidden, and also

withheld and falsified by some

out of spite:

Now, however

Brought forth in its entirety from the Arnsburg Library of the Most Reverend Lord Ernest, Elector and Bishop of Cologne Ernest of Bavaria (1554–1612), who was a notable patron of alchemy.

Concerning the Matter and Knowledge of the

single and true Great Universal Subject, and

its preparation: Which precedes all Tinctures of the

whole of Chemistry: and from whose Spirit all things of the world

Universally originate and

flow forth.

Together with the added Commentaries of JOHANN

W A L C H of Schondorf.

Wherein the actual and steadfast opinions of all true philosophers In this context, "philosophers" refers specifically to alchemists or "philosophers of nature" are demonstrated in a compendium and brief summary, with true natural foundations and entirely intelligible reasons, and set before the eyes of all Sons of Doctrine original Latin: "Doctrinæ filijs"; a traditional alchemical term for dedicated students of the art.

Also attached is an Epistle to all the Philosophers of Germany:
Cleansed and fixed spirits are the most ready
medicine for the transformation of bodies.
original Latin: "Spiritus Mundati & fixi sunt præsentissima medicina Corporum alterandorum"

Strasbourg /

Published by Eberhard Zetzner, Bookseller

In the year 1619