[Treatise on alchemy, philosophers stone, etc. In …]

Treatise on alchemy, philosophers stone, etc. [In Latin]. Prob. written in Germany. XVIIIth century.
1. f1-29 [Imperfect at beginning, the first signature seems to be missing. Begins in middle of chapter 4 and continues to end at Chapter 10. Unidentified text in German but with Chapter headings in Latin.]
Ch V 'Quid sit proprie Quinta Essentia'.
Ch VI De Igne Philosophico seu Menstruo solvente aut liquore nostro Alkahest.
Ch VII An Menstruum solvens sit corrosivum.
Ch VIII De Practica Lapidis.
Ch IX De augmentatione Lapidis Benedicti.
Ch X De Usu Lapidis Medico interno e externo.
2. f30-45 Das Grab der Semiramidis hermetisch versielgelt... Erstlich Anno 1674...
[10 chapters in German with Latin chapter headings. See D, H.V. 'Tumba Semiramidis hermeticè sigillata', 1674. Also, D, H.V. 'The Tomb of Semiramis hermetically sealed', London, n.d.]
f45-48 [Blank.]

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