Natural /

and supernatural

Things.

Also concerning the first Tincture,

term: Tincture: In alchemy, a potent liquid or solid substance capable of transmuting base metals into gold or performing profound medicinal healings.

root and spirit of metals

and minerals / how the same are conceived /

boiled out / born / changed and

multiplied.

term: Multiplication: The alchemical process of increasing the quantity or the transformative power of the Philosopher's Stone or a Tincture.

Faithfully disclosed by

BROTHER BASILIUS VALENTINUS,

of the Benedictine Order.

original: "Fratrem Basilium Valentinum". Basilius Valentinus is a celebrated but likely pseudonymous alchemist; the works attributed to him are central to the development of early modern chemistry.

And now published in print

from his own manuscript,

JOHANN THOLDE

of Hesse.

Johann Tholde (c. 1565–1614) was a salt-maker and chemist who is widely believed to be the actual author of the works he claimed to "edit" for Basilius Valentinus.

Leipzig /

Published by Bartholomäus Voigt.

In the Year 1624.

A horizontal row of eight decorative fleur-de-lis woodcut ornaments is used as a divider. In the bottom right corner, a purple ink stamp contains the Japanese characters "Kosuge-ki," indicating that this specific copy once belonged to the private collection of Kosuge.