2579 J.G. TOELTIUS.
Coelum reseratum chymicum oder philosophischer Tractat oder Philosophischer Tractat worinne nicht allein die Materien und Handgriffe, woraus und wie der Lapis Philosophorum in der Vor- und Nach-Arbeit zu bereiten, sondern auch, wie aus allen vier Reichen der Natur, als Astral- Animal- Vegetabil- und Mineralischen Reiche, vortreffliche und unschätzbare Tincturen und Medicamenta, sowohl zu Erhaltung der Gesundheit und des Lebens, als auch Verbesser- und Transmutirung der unvollkommenen Metallen zu verfertigen, offenhertzig gezeiegt wird, mit Figuren denen Liebhabern der wahren Hermetischen Philosophie zu Liebe ausgefertiget von einem Kenner derselben.
8° Franckfurth & Leipzig: druckts und verlegts Carl Friedrich Jungnicols Wittwe 1737
Ferguson Young Wisconsin
[Illustrations:-
1. Frontispiece engraving. 147x88mm. A crowned snake breathing flames coils beneath a circle containg three inscribed concentric circles, at the centre of which is a square with the interlaced trianges of the solomon's seal surrounded with the four elements. Above the square is 'spirit' linked to the symbol of Mercury, below is 'corpus' associated with salt, while to the right and left is 'soul' connected to sulphur. In the space above is a crown with the text "Natura activa laetatur Nature passiva!"
2. p5 Woodcut. 50x37mm. Two conical pieces of apparatus are fitted together on a tripod.
3. p27 Two woodcuts. 50x26mm. Two long-necked flasks in a series of six with various colours.
4. p28 Two woodcuts. 50x26mm. Two long-necked flasks in a series of six with various colours.
5. p29 Two woodcuts. 50x26mm. Two long-necked flasks in a series of six with various colours.
6. p41 Woodcut. 85x80mm. Alembic with receiver.
7. p80 Woodcut. 75x78mm. A retort is heated in a furnace and the distillate collected in two flasks.
8. p94 Woodcut. 73x85mm. Rectangular furnace with spaces for heating four flasks.
9. p126 Woodcut. 78x77mm. Series of 7 long necked flasks.
10. p147 Woodcut. 48x35mm. Two conical pieces of apparatus are fitted together. Similar to item 2.
11. p155 Woodcut. 63x79mm. An alembic fitted with a tap distills into a receiving flask.
12. p215 Woodcut. 50x78mm. Table with collecting vessel underneath, used for filtration.
13. p216 Woodcut. 50x74mm. A flask with long curved neck distills over into a receiving flask.
14. p228 Woodcut. 9x76mm. Piece of apparatus in the form of a triangular rod with a handle.
15. p232 Woodcut. 48x31mm. A sealed flask has a little flame burning within it.
16. p261 Woodcut. 62x78mm. A retort is heated in a furnace and the distillate collected in two flasks. Similar to item 10.
17. p285 Woodcut. 64x75mm. A barrel on a stand has a tap set into each end and discharges its contents into two flasks.
18. p291 Woodcut. 65x78mm. A furnace with chimney and space for heating four flasks.
19. p292 Woodcut. 65x78mm. A long low furnace with two chimneys.
20. p294 Woodcut. 65x60mm. Furnace in the form of a oven with three flasks inside it.
21. p295. A downward-pointing triangle has seven layers each associated with a planet. In the lower vertex is a key with the sign of Saturn- lead. On the top edge of the triangle a winged dragon sits siezing its own tail in its mouth to form the ouroboros.]