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2633 Baro URBIGERUS, pseud. Besondere chymische Schrifften, wie nemlich I. Die Medicina universalis zu præpariren damit alle Metalle und Kranckheiten können curirt werden, II. Viele Manieren wie ein jedwedes Metall vor und an sich selbst Via Particulari zu verbessern sey, III. Die Tugenden und Eigenschafften des Antimonij und eine sichere Methode das Aurum potabile so wol in forma sicca als humida zu machen, IV. Allerhand rare Secreta für Medicos und Chirurgos, V. 101 Gewisse Regeln oder kurtze Aphorismi durch 3. Wege das grosse Elixir der Philosophorum zu bereiten, &c. Mit saubern Kupffern heraus gegeben von Baron Urbigero, Gottes getreuen Priestern im Tempel der Natur. 8° Hamburg: bey Benjamin Schiller Buchhändlern im Thum 1705 Ferguson Young Wisconsin
[Illustrations:-
1. Frontispiece engraving. 144x90mm. The Sun and Moon shine down upon a formal walled garden. Three men are pulling or chopping branches off of trees. A banner above reads "quem fata vocant".
2. Inserted before p5. Engraving. 146x90mm. The Sun and Moon shine down upon a mountain, at the foot of which is a dark cave, into which a stream flows. Mercury with helmet and caduceus walks down into the cave. He holds a bunch of seven stems each of bears a planetary symbol. A banner above reads "per elementum ad elementa".
3. Inserted after p10. Engraving. 147x90mm. The Sun and Moon shine down upon a jar in which is the figure of mercury with caduceus. The seven planets form an oval around the jar. A text reads "Juvamen ex te solo nullum".
4. Inserted before p13. Engraving. 147x90mm. The Sun and Moon shine down upon a jar in which Mercury with his caduceus is seen lying at the bottom as if dead. The crowned Sun has entered the jar and hovers over him. The other six planets are arranged on each side of the jar. The text states "ex morte vestra Juvamen".
5. Inserted after p110. Engraving. 143x90mm. The Sun and Moon shine down upon an oven, the doors of which are opened to show two small flasks within. The text below is in French.
6. Inserted after item 5. Engraving. 144x90mm. The Sun and Moon shine down upon a furnace. Above the furnace is shown some crucibles and a flask.]
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