SECRETS

OF THE SECRETS

OF RAMON LLULL

AND OF THE HERMETIC

PHILOSOPHERS, DIVIDED

INTO THREE BOOKS.

WITH A SHORT WORK BY ST.

Thomas Aquinas, On the Being & Essence of min-

erals, and a booklet by Cornelius Alvetanus Ansrody,

on the making of the divine Elixir,

dedicated to ELIZABETH, Queen

of England, etc.

Highly useful for all students

of Medicine & Chemistry.

The table after the preface will indicate

the subject matter of each.

A rectangular woodcut printer's device features an oval central scene. Inside the oval, a triton, or merman with a scaly, bifurcated tail, emerges from ocean waves and blows into a large conch shell or curved trumpet. The oval is framed by a decorative border of scrolls and stylized leaves, and contains the Latin motto: "IMMORTALITY IS ACQUIRED THROUGH THE STUDY OF LETTERS."

COLOGNE,

At the shop of Gosuinus Cholinus.

Year 1592.

With the grace and privilege of the Imperial Majesty.