1156 Johann Bernhard HILDEBRANDT.
De lapide philosophico: das ist von dem gebenedeyten Stein der Weysen oder Chemia. Zu gründlichem unnd warhafftigem Bericht, allen Werden Liebhabern, der Waren, Edlen und Reinen Kunst Chemiae, gantz hell und klar, aus Brüderlicher Liebe und Wolmeinung geschrieben durch Johann Bernhard Hildebrandt, von Hildebrandseck einen liebhaber der Kunst Alchymiae.
8° Gedruckt zu Hall in Sachsen bey Peter Schmidt, In vorlegung Joachimi Krusicken 1618
Ferguson Young Nat Union Cat British Library
[Illustrations:-
1. p9 Woodcut. 111x85mm. A philosopher kneels in prayer before God. Beside him is his book sealed with a lock.
2. p17 Woodcut. 110x85mm. A man places a small globe on top of a table, and it is received by a small winged horse who places its front hooves around it. In the background an alembic is heated on a fire.
3. p31. Woodcut. 110x85mm. God appears in a small cloud and blesses the heavens and earth. Rain and hail fall from a dark cloud above, and on the ground below a log is burning, fanned by the wind which blows above it.
4. p45. Woodcut. 110x85mm. Mars sitting at the base of a fountain, holds out an apple to Phoebus and Diana, who are introduced to him by Mercury.
5. p75. Woodcut. 110x85mm. God in a cloud of flame holds a globe surmounted by a cross.
6. p87. Woodcut. 110x85mm. Surrounded by the four winds blowing from the corners, God holds a sphere with Sun and Moon, tree and clouds.
7. p105. Woodcut. 110x85mm. An astrologer sits measuring a globe, containing the zodiacal signs, with a pair of compasses and holds a sextant in his other hand. In the sky above the Moon is eclipsing the Sun.
8. p117. Woodcut. 85x110mm. In a wood on the banks of a river, a bird crowned with a star, raises it wings and approaches a lion lying on the ground, bearing an orb at its head.
9. p137. Woodcut. 110x85mm. A mountain bursts into fire behind a village by the sea.
10. p149. Woodcut. 110x85mm. The Sun shines above a round well. A flaming star descends into the well.
11. p165. Woodcut. 110x85mm. A winged angel locks (or unlocks) a book on a lectern.]