original: "MONACHII M. DC. XLIX."

From the Electoral Library of Munich

This refers to the mirrored library stamp "Ex Bibliotheca Electoralis Monacensi" visible from the reverse side.

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A Philosophical and Chemical

Treatise: titled

The Little Peasant:

Hitherto long hidden, and also

withheld and falsified by some

out of spite:

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), an influential prince-bishop and a significant patron of alchemical research.

Concerning the Matter In alchemy, the "Materia," or the fundamental substance required to begin the Great Work and Knowledge of the

single and true Great Universal Subject The "Subiectum," or the primary source material believed to contain the universal spirit, and

its preparation: Which precedes all Tinctures of the

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

Together with the added Commentaries of JOHANN

Wherein the actual and steadfast opinions of all true philosophers The "Philosophi" refers to the practitioners of the Hermetic Arts, or alchemists, rather than modern academic philosophers are demonstrated in a compendium A concise summary or handbook 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 term of endearment for students initiated into alchemical secrets.

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"

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Published by Eberhard Zetzner, Bookseller