1734.2 Musæum Hermeticum reformatum et amplificatum, omnes sopho-spagyricæ artis discipulos fidelissimè erudiens, quo pacto summa illa veraque lapidis philosophici medicina, qua res omnes qualemcunque defectum patientes, instaurantur, inventiri et haberi queat. Continens tractatus chimicos XXI. Præstantissimos, quorum Nomina & Seriem versa pagella indicabit. In gratiam filiorum doctrinæ, quibus Germanicum idioma ignotum est, Latina lingua ornatum. 4° Francofurti, Apud Hermannum à Sande 1678 Ferguson British Library Wisconsin [Contains:- 1. Tractatus aureus de Lapide Philosophico. 2. Henricus Madathanus, Aureum Seculum Redivivum. 3. Hydrolithus Sophicus, seu Aquarium sapientum. 4. Joannes de Mehung, Demonstratio Naturae. 5. Nicolas Flamel, Summarium Philosophicum. 6. Via Veritatis Unicæ. 7. Gloria Mundi, seu Tabula Paradisi. 8. Tractatus de Generatione Metallorum. 9. Liber, cuius nomen Alze. 10. Lambspring, de lapide Philosophorum Figuræ et Emblemata. 11. Michael Maier, Tripus Aureus, hoc est tres tractatus chimici selectissimi: nempe, Basilii Valentini... Practica una cum XII Clavibus et Appendice. Thomae Nortoni Crede mihi seu Ordinale. Cremeri Testamentum... figuris cupro affabre incisis ornati. 12. Michael Sendivogius, Novum Lumen Chemicum e Naturæ Fonte & manuali Experientia depromptum. 13. Michael Sendivogius, Ænigma Philosophicum. 14. Michael Sendivogius, Dialogus Mercurii, Alchymistæ et Naturæ. 15. Michael Sendivogius, Novi Luminis Tractatus alter de Sulphure. 16. Philaletha, Introitus Apertus ad occlusum Regis Palatium. 17. Michael Maier, Subtilis Allegoria super Secreta Chymiæ. 18. Philaletha, Metallorum Metamorphosis. 19. Philaletha, Brevis Manuductio ad Rubinum Coelestem. 20. Philaletha, Fons Chymicæ Vertitatis. 21. Joannes Fridericus Helvetius, Vitulus Aureus quem Mundus adorat et orat. 22. Janitor Pansophus, seu Figura Ænea quadripartita cunctis Museum hoc introeuntibus, superiorum ac inferiorum scientiam Mosaico-Hermeticam, analytice exhibens.] [Illustrations:- This edition reprints the engravings from the same plates as used in the 1625 Jennis edition, except that the engraved titlepages are omitted. 1. p11 of preliminary material. Reprinting item 2 of first edition. The Choir of the metals. 2. p12 of preliminary material. Reprinting item 1 of first edition, the engraved titlepage, but with amendment made to title and publisher. 3. p1 Reprinting item 3 of first edition. Double-armed cross with Sun at top and Moon at base. 4. p7 Reprinting item 4 of first edition. 5. p53 Reprinting item 5 of first edition. 6. p201 Reprinting item 7 of first edition. 7. p322 Engraving on title page of De lapide philosophico. 75x75mm. Figure of Anima, Spiritus, Corpus from Azoth series of Basil Valentine. 8. p337 Reprinting item 12 of first edition, Book of Lambsprinck. 9. p339 Reprinting item 13 of first edition. 10. p343 Reprinting item 14 of first edition. 11. p345 Reprinting item 15 of first edition. 12. p347 Reprinting item 16 of first edition. 13. p349 Reprinting item 17 of first edition. 14. p351 Reprinting item 18 of first edition. 15. p353 Reprinting item 19 of first edition. 16. p355 Reprinting item 20 of first edition. 17. p357 Reprinting item 21 of first edition. 18. p359 Reprinting item 22 of first edition. 19. p361 Reprinting item 23 of first edition. 20. p363 Reprinting item 24 of first edition. 21. p365 Reprinting item 25 of first edition. 22. p367 Reprinting item 26 of first edition. 23. p369 Reprinting item 27 of first edition. 24. p371 Reprinting item 28 of first edition. 25. p373 Engraving on titlepage of Tripus aureus. 68x95mm. Three philosophers dispute in a laboratory, while an artisan tends a furnace upon which a flask containing a winged snake is heated on a tripod. From titlepage of 1618 edition. 26. p393 First key of Valentine. The series of twelve keys are a reprinting from Maier's 'Tripus aureus' 1618 edition, published by Jennis. 27. p396 Second key of Valentine. 28. p398 Third key of Valentine. 29. p400 Fourth key of Valentine. 30. p402 Fifth key of Valentine. 31. p405 Sixth key of Valentine. 32. p407 Seventh key of Valentine. 33. p409 Eighth key of Valentine. 34. p415 Ninth key of Valentine. 35. p418 Tenth key of Valentine. 36. p420 Eleventh key of Valentine. 37. p422 Twelfth key of Valentine. 38. p425 Engraving 62x60mm. A stylised flask contains a triangle surrounded by three crowned snakes. Inside the triangle is a winged dragon with two circles. This would appear to be the plate from page 67 of Maier's 'Tripus aureus' 1618, with the addition of a rectangular border and hatching. 39. p432 Reprinting item 11 of first edition. A procession of alchemical birds. Furnace with three legged crucible and flask containing a snake. 40. p442 Reprinting item 10 of first edition. The four worlds. 41. p533 Reprinting item 9 of first edition. 42. p701 Engraving of titlepage of 'Subtilis allegoria', reprinting Sendivogius emblem 12 from Michael Maier's 'Symbola aurea mensae'. 43. p830 Engraving. 122x68mm. Depiction of medal struck to commemorate a transmutation performed at Prague on the 15th January 1648 in the presence of Emperor Ferdinand III. See Beccher, Cooper, Creiling and Helvetius for other versions of this item. 44. p836 Table. 114x83mm. Five circular medals related to item 43. Items 45-48 are large folding engravings with added letterpress at the bottom, inserted at the end of the book with the general title 'Janitor Pansophus'. These were originally printed in J.D. Mylius' 'Basilica chymica', but a descriptive line of text at the upper right corner has been erased. 44. 200x282mm. Figura I. The archetypal world and the world of intelligences emanating from the name of God in the Trinity. 45. 277x278mm. Figura II. The world of the Elements. 46. 153x327mm. Figura III. The days of Creation. 47. 263x348mm. Figura IV. Heaven and Earth, the light and dark worlds.]