298.1 Steven BLANCKAERT [BLANKAART]. Theatrum chimicum, ofte geopende deure der chymische verborgentheden... Met een vervolg over de chymische verborgentheden aangaande de verandering en verbetering der metalen en gesteenten. Door den ridder K. Digby. 8° Tot Amsterdam: by Jan ten Hoorn 1693 Nat Union Cat [Illustrations:- 1. Frontispiece engraving. Divided horizontally into two sections. The lower section shows mining operations, the upper section shows work in a laboratory with various furnaces and distillations. 2. Inserted before p9. Table I. Engraving showing chemical operations, grinding etc. 3. Inserted after p10. Table II. Engraving showing distillation using condenser cooled in barrels of water. 4. Inserted before p11. Table III. Engraving showing furnaces and distillation apparatus. 5. Inserted after p12. Table IV. Engraving showing various pieces of chemical apparatus. 6. Inserted after Table IV. Table V. Engraving showing distillation apparatus, including a setup in which four distillations can proceed at the same time. 7. Inserted before p13. Table VI. Engraving in which the internal structure of a cylindrical furnace is shown. 8. Inserted after p14. Table VII. Engraving showing the structure of furnace and alembics. 9. Inserted before p15. Table VIII. Engraving showing the internal structure of a condensation apparatus. 10. Inserted after p16. Table IX no 1. Large folding engraving showing complex flasks (for fractional distillations?) and differently shaped alembics. 11. Inserted before p17. Table IX no 2. Large folding engraving showing further complex flasks, fractional distillation setups, and specially shaped alembics. 12. Inserted after p472. Engraving showing the structure of a complex furnace.]