Jo. Jacobi Mangeti, Medicinae Doctoris, Et Sereniss. ac Potentiss. Regis Prussiae Archiatri, Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa, Seu Rerum ad Alchemiam pertinentium Thesaurus Instructissimus : Quo non tantum Artis Auriferae, Ac Scriptorum in ea Nobiliorum Historia traditur; Lapidis Veritas Argumentis & Experimentis innumeris, immo & Juris Consultorum Judiciis evincitur; Termini obscuriores explicantur; Cautiones contra Impostores, & Difficultates in Tinctura Universali conficienda occurentes, declarantur: Verum etiam Tractatus Omnes Virorum Celebriorum, qui in Magno sudarunt Elixyre, quique ab ipso Hermete, ut dicitur, Trismegisto, ad nostra usque Tempora de Chrysopoea scripserunt, cum praecipuis suis Commentariis, concinno Ordine dispositi exhibentur. 1

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Curious Chemical Library

Jo. Jacobi Mangeti, Medicinae Doctoris, Et Sereniss. ac Potentiss. Regis Prussiae Archiatri, Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa, Seu Rerum ad Alchemiam pertinentium Thesaurus Instructissimus : Quo non tantum Artis Auriferae, Ac Scriptorum in ea Nobiliorum Historia traditur; Lapidis Veritas Argumentis & Experimentis innumeris, immo & Juris Consultorum Judiciis evincitur; Termini obscuriores explicantur; Cautiones contra Impostores, & Difficultates in Tinctura Universali conficienda occurentes, declarantur: Verum etiam Tractatus Omnes Virorum Celebriorum, qui in Magno sudarunt Elixyre, quique ab ipso Hermete, ut dicitur, Trismegisto, ad nostra usque Tempora de Chrysopoea scripserunt, cum praecipuis suis Commentariis, concinno Ordine dispositi exhibentur. 1

Manget, Jean-Jacques

Latin

Various authors including Hermes Trismegistus, Geber, and Eirenaeus Philalethes c. 2nd-17th century · published 1702

1000 pages

Alchemy Hermetica Medicine

First Translation

No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.

The 'Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa' (1702) is a massive two-volume Latin collection of alchemical treatises. Extensive searches across major library catalogs (including LOC, Google Books, and scholarly databases) confirm that no complete English translation of this collection exists. While individual treatises contained within the collection (such as works by Geber or Philalethes) have been translated into English separately, the 'Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa' as a compiled work has never been translated.

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Alchemy Hermetica Medicine & Natural History

About This Book

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Jean-Jacques Manget’s Curious Chemical Library brings the secrets of the ancient world into the laboratory. It asks if alchemy is a divine science or a dangerous delusion and provides the reader with the tools to distinguish between the two.