1758 Giovanni Battista NAZARI. Il metamorfosi metallico et humano Di Gio. Bat. Na. Bre. Nel quale si contengono quattro sogni, il primo de' quali è della tramutatione sofistica de' metalli; Il secondo della tramutatione reale, o alchimica pur de' metalli; Il terzo della tramutatione fisica de corpori humani; Et il quarto della tramutatione spirituale in Christ. Di novo dato in luce a utile, & commodo d'ogni curioso ingegno. 4° in Brescia: a instanza di Francesco Marchetti 1564 Ferguson British Library [Illustrations:- 1. f1v Woodcut. 105x78mm. A strange creature with the head of a lion, the trunk of a man and the body of a grasshopper or locust, stands upon an hourglass. The text in a banner states "spe domini et ipse mihi auxiliatus est". 2. f20v Woodcut. 152x98mm. In the lower centre of this complex image stands a crowned king holding a sceptre in his right hand while his left holds a rod on which are six crowns. At his feet a strange plant-like form rises up over his head forming a network of branches at the intersections of which are human heads. 3. f28r Woodcut. 160x94mm. A scaly dragon with winged ankles and the face of a man, has three heads growing on long necks out of the top of its head. Its long tail knots itself around these necks. The leftmost neck bears a head associated with the Moon, the central one with the Sun and the rightmost has a head with the symbol of Mercury.]