35.3 De alchemia.
4° Norimbergć: apud Ioh. Petreium 1541
Ferguson Young Nat Union Cat British Library Wisconsin
[Contains:-
1. Geber. De investigatione perfectionis metallorum, Liber I. 2. Geber. Summć perfectionis metallorum, sive perfecti magisterij, Libri II.
3. Geber. De inventione veritatis seu perfectionis metallorum. Liber I.
4. Geber. De fornacibus construendis. Liber I.
5. Speculum alchemi, Rogerij Bachonis.
6. Correctorium alchemić Richardi Anglici.
7. Rosarius minor, de alchemia, incerti authoris.
8. Liber secretorum alchemić Calidis filij Iazichi Iudći.
9. Tabula smaragdina de alchemia, Hermetis Trismeg.
10. Hortulani philosophi, super Tabulam smaragdinam Hermetis commentarius.]
[Illustrations:-
Woodcuts in the first book of Geber's 'Summa Perfectionis', some of which are reprinted in the 'Liber fornacum'.
1. p84 102x96mm. A furnace with a water bath stand open. Beside it is a flask and a conical still head.
2. p88 101x96mm. A large flask and a still head stand in a room.
3. p95 100x96mm. A flask with a still head is set in a water bath upon a furnace. Beside the furnace another similar flask is shown displaying its inner structure.
4. p99 102x97mm. A furnace open at the top is shown. A water bath vessel is shown beside it.
5. p104 101x98mm. A flask with still head is heated in water bath on a furnace. On a bench behind we see another distillation flask or alembic. A filtration apparatus using a wick is shown below.
6. p111 100x96mm. A rectangular furnace is shown with its interior parts.
7. p114 100x96mm. A large conical flask is heated in a water bath on a furnace. To the left a man holds a similar flask revealing its contents.
8. p120 111x96mm. Three flask stand in a row. Two are tapered conical flask, and the other is a wide-bellied flask with a long narrow neck.
9. p122 110x96mm. A man places a conical upper section onto the base of a flask. To the left another man holding tongs walks away.
10. p231 'Furnus calcinatorius', reprinting item 6.
11. p232 'Furnus sublimatorius', reprinting item 1.
12. p233 'Furnus distillatorius', reprinting item 5.
13. p234 'Furnus descensirius', reprinting item 4.
14. p235 100x97mm 'Furnus fusorius'. A furnace is shown with two triangular crucibles.
15. p236 'Furnus solutorius', reprinting item 7.
16. p237 'Furnus fixatorius', reprinting item 6.]