CHEMICAL MATTERS

EPISTOLARY

FORM TO CERTAIN

PHILOSOPHERS AND PHYSICIANS

IN GERMANY

excellently described

Book One,

IN WHICH ARE CONTAINED BOTH INGENIOUS

explanations of certain natural matters; and the

pyronomic fire-governed, sceuastic vessel-related, and vocabulary

disciplines of CHEMISTRY, with certain things held among the mysteries

faithfully declared.

BY ANDREAS LIBAVIUS, M.D.

Poet and Physicist of Rothenburg-Tauber.

original: "ἐκ ἀνὰ θεοῦ καὶ φύσεως." From God and Nature.

Behold the vestibule of Chemistry.

A woodcut depicts an ornate printer's emblem featuring a circular medallion with a winged figure, symbolizing virtue or divine inspiration, holding a globe. Latin text encircles the figure, beginning with "IN DEO". The frame is decorated with elaborate scrolls, masks, and floral motifs.

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Georgii Tappii
Belonging to the studies of Georgius Tappius
Georg: Bus,
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With the special privilege of His Imperial Majesty for ten years.

FRANKFURT,

Printed by Ioannes Saurius, at the expense of

Petrus Kopffius.