241 Adolph Christoph BENTZ. Philosophische Schau-Bühne, bestehend aus mehrentheils lauter eigenen und wahrhafften Experimentis, Sowohln auf vielerleh Processus, welche unter denen Secretis behalten werden/ als auch uber die effectus Corporum, so in der Vermischung zu entstehen pflegen. Nebst einem Anhang der chymischen Charactern/ und einem vollständigen Register/ der heutigen Kunst-begierigen Welt vorgestelt von einem alchymiæ cultore sub spe benedictione divine vivente. 8° Nürnberg: In verlegungWolffgang Michahelles und Johann Adolph 1706 Ferguson Young Nat Union Cat British Library Wisconsin [Illustrations:- 1. Frontispiece engraving. 144x84mm. A woman 'Philosophia' sits at a desk writing in a book. Beside her is a furnace and alembic. On a shelf above her head is a flask labelled "Acetum philosophicum". "Reiff. sc:" 2. Frontispiece engraving. 144x88mm. Mercury appears as a tree, his feet metamorphosing into roots and his fingers into branches. To the left are Mars and Venus, while to the right are Beya and Gabrico. On the summit of a mountain behind sits the old king, while a flying Mercury places a crown on his head. In the clouds above God is seen in a triangle of light.]