JOANNES ISAACUS called Hollandus.

1225.1 JOANNES ISAACUS called Hollandus.
Sammlung unterschiedlicher bewährter chymischer Schriften, namentlich: Hand der Philosophen, Opus Saturni, Opus vegetabilia, Opus minerale, Cabala, De lapide philosophico, nebst einem Tractat von den Irrgängen derer Alchymisten, auctoris incerti, neue und verbesserte Auflage, mit gehörigem Fleise übersehen, und mit einem Verzeichnüs derer in jeglichem Tractat befindlichen wichtigsten Materien vermehret, wie auch mit nöthigen Kupffern geizeret.
8° Wien: in Verlag bey Johann Paul Krauss 1746
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[Contains:-
1. Der Hand der Philosophen.
2. Opus Saturni.
3. Opera Vegetabilia.
4. Ein überauss köstlicher Philosoph-Tractat von Denn Irrgängen der Alchymisten... Und kombt dieser güldene Tractat von Herrn Michaelis Sendivogii.
5. Mineral-Werck.
6. Eines Fragmenti von der Cabala.
7. Tractatus de Lapide philosophico Oder vom Stein der Weisen.]
[Illustrations:-
1. Inserted after p10 Engraving. 142x81mm. The Hand of the Philosophers, with a fish roasting in a fire on the palm, crown and Moon above the thumb, six-pointed star above fore-finger, Sun above index-finger, lantern above ring-finger, and key above little finger.
2. p15 Woodcut. 21x45mm. Crown.
3. p16 Woodcut. 19x12mm. Small flask.
4. p20 Woodcut. 26x28mm. Six-pointed star.
5. p24 Woodcut. 35x36mm. Sun.
6. p26 Woodcut. 42x16mm. Lantern.
7. p31 Woodcut. 44x20mm. Key.
8. Inserted after p38 Engraving. 141x81mm. Fish roasting in a fire.
9. Inserted after p64 Engraving. 142x81mm. A bird and two pigs are seen in a wide-bellied pot, besides which is a funnel-shaped still head.
10. Inserted after item 9. Engraving. 141x80mm. A man holding a sword and an orb, stands in a wide-bellied pot, as in item 9.
11. p66 Woodcut. 34x43mm. Two jugs.
12. Inserted after p76 Engraving. 142x81mm. Cylindrical furnace with vessel on a tripod within it.
13. Inserted after p78 Engraving. 142x82mm. Cylindrical furnace.
14. p150 Woodcut. 25x10mm. Long-necked flask.
15. Inserted after p174 Engraving. 141x82mm. An alembic is placed in waterbath on a cylindrical furnace. The distillate is collected in a cascade of four flasks.
16. Inserted after p216 Engraving. 141x80mm. Similar setup as in item 15, but with cascade of three collecting flasks.
17. Inserted after p218 Engraving. 142x81mm. Similar setup as in item 15, but with cascade of three collecting flasks.
18. Inserted after p220 Engraving. 142x80mm. One flask of a double-pelican is placed in waterbath on a cylindrical furnace, and the other is supported on a pedestal.
19. p231 Woodcut. 70x31mm. Retort.
20. p232 Woodcut. 40x25mm. Jug with handle.
21. Inserted after p234 Engraving. 141x80mm. Vessel with tap at base.
22. p249 Woodcut. 16x11mm. Small round-bellied flask.
23. Inserted after p256 Engraving. 141x81mm. Flask is heated in waterbath on cylindrical furnace.
24. p279 Woodcut. 30x20mm. Alembic with still head.
25. p284 Woodcut. 46x37mm. L-shaped piece of tubing, labelled 'Attractorium'.
26. p317 Woodcut. 69x26mm. A filtration funnel is suspended over a wide-bellied pot.
27. p329 Woodcut. 26x14mm. Small flask.
28. p330 Woodcut. 15x10mm. Small flask.
29. p314 Woodcut. 37x18mm. Flask.
Mineral-Werck.
30. p425 Engraving. 142x80mm. A cylindrical furnace with various items of equipment.
31. Inserted after p434 Engraving. 142x80mm. A cylindrical furnace with various items of equipment, including triple-spouted still-head, alembic, etc.
32. Inserted after p438 Engraving. 141x82mm. Two cylindrical furnaces with internal waterbaths.
33. Inserted after p494 Engraving. 141x81mm. A cylindrical furnace with double-jacketed waterbath. Also a pelican flask with two re-entrant spouts.
The final work 'De lapide philosophico' contains a number of small flasks in the text.]