02721cam a2200433 a 4504 johmichaelisfaus00faus CaSfIA 20240410033132.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 970103s1706 gw a o 001 0 ger d (OCoLC)1047483271 CMalG CMalG CaSfIA gerlat e-gx--- Faust, Johann Michael, 1663-1707. Joh. Michaelis Faustij ... Compendium alchymist. novum, sive, Pandora explicata & figuris jllustrata, das ist, Die edelste Gabe Gottes, oder, Ein güldener Schatz : mit welchem die alten und neuen Philosophi, die unvollkommene Metall, durch Gewalt des Feuers verbessert, und allerhand schädliche und unheylsame Kranckheiten innerlich und äusserlich, durch deren Würckung vertrieben haben : dieser Edition wird annoch, nebst vielen Kupffern und über 800 Philosophischen Anmerckungen, ein volkomenes Lexicon alchymisticum novum, und ein vollständiges Register rerum & verborum, beygefüget. Compendium alchymist. novum Compendium alchymisticum novum Pandora explicata et figuris illustrata Edelste Gabe Gottes Güldener Schatz Franckfurt und Leipzig : Verlegts Johann Zieger, 1706. 1 online resource ([24] (the 1st blank), 1071, [192], 96 pages, [2], A-T leaves of plates : partly color illustrations) Brief extracts in Latin from writers on alchemy, with commentary in German. Based on Reusner's Pandora of 1582. See Hogart. T.p. across 2 pages, tipped in at center fold; printed in red and black. Frontispiece extends across 2 pages, tipped in at center fold. It is signed: L.C. Marchand fecit in Nürnberg. Nineteen engravings, bound between p. 1008 and [1021], have alchemical symbolism. Most are followed by a leaf in letterpress that gives on the recto Reusner's explanation of the symbolism, keyed to letters on the engraving, and on the verso that of Faustius. There are also in-text woodcut ill. Frontispiece and engravings of Library's copy are hand colored with watercolors including gold and silver. Eleven woodcuts (as well as 2 tailpieces) between p. 241 and 362 are also hand colored. Hogart, R. Alchemy, 61 Alchemy Early works to 1800. Engravings Germany 17th century. aat Woodcuts Germany 17th century. aat Hand coloring. aat Reusner, Hieronymus, b. 1558. Pandora. Marchand, Johann Christian, 1680-1711. https://archive.org/details/johmichaelisfaus00faus Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24363244M Additional information and access via Open Library johmichaelisfaus00faus ark:/13960/t47p9rg93