2811 Jacob ZIEGLER.
Fermentatio, generationis et corruptionis causa. Ein kurtzer Bericht wie ein ding natürlich vergehen und ein anders daraus werden konne.
4° Getruckt zu Basell: bey Johan Jacob Genath 1647
Young
[Illustrations:-
1. Engraved titlepage. 160x116mm. To the left is a panel depicting a palm tree at the foot on which is snake. To the right is another panel showing a tree with a toad at its foot. Birds fly in the air above both trees. At each corner is a panel. The two below show a man pressing grapes, and a woman washing clothes (?). The two above show a man working with bellows at a furnace in an alchemical laboratory, and a salamander living in fire. A panel in the lower middle shows the globe of the earth with a winged dragon and a star radiating their influences down upon it.
2. p[2] Engraving. 110x139mm. Various animals, reptiles and insects are seen on a bank of a river. "Ad complementum totius".
3. p2 Engraving. 111x139mm. The globe of the Earth is seen at the centre of the cosmos composed of the concentric circles of planets and stars. The directions of space are shown around the outer circle. "Rotundum et perfectissimum et capacissimum".
4. p3 Engraving. 108x136mm. The globe of the earth shown as two circles.
5. p8 Engraving. 108x137mm. Two men, in a landscape overlooking a lake, discuss a substance which one of them is holding. "In subjecto habili potentia facile. Producitur in actum."
6. p15 Engraving. 107x134mm. Globe of the Earth, with ships sailing around the circumference.
7. p20 Engraving. 108x136mm. Two men stand and gaze across a wide valley.
8. p22 Engraving. 108x135mm. On the banks of a lake or river, cowherds look at a village burning on the opposite bank. A cow exhales warm breath. "Cum igne tandem in gratiam redit aqua".
9. p23 Engraving. 106x138mm. A ship burns on a stormy sea, while another ship sails on. "Omnia redeunt ad sua principia."
10. p25 Engraving. 107x134mm. One man holds a tube issuing from a barrel, while another man collects the wine (?) in a flask or bottle. "Virtus unita fortior."
11. p29 Engraving. 109x134mm. Various mining operations are taking place. A man holds out what appears to be an egg for examination by another man. At their feet a hen sits on some ore in a barrow. "Naturae vari lusus."
12. p36 Engraving. 107x134mm. A large snake is about to devour a goat. "Suum cuique malum."
13. p38 Engraving. 108x138mm. Mice rain down upon a house set in a landscape. "Nam omnia obsequuntur tibi."
14. p48 Engraving. 109x137mm. A wolf stalks a lamb. "Lupus pilum mutat non mentem."
15. p63 Engraving. 106x135mm. An old man with a stick is seated by the side of a path, and watches a younger man carry a load on his back. 'Ipsa senectus morbus."]