• Opera mineralia, siue de lapide philosophico, 1600

Curatorial Notes:

• Delicate operations called for specialized equipment. This copy of the Mineral Work, a 16th -century treatise attributed to Isaac Hollandus, describes an ingenious method for inserting a tripod into a narrow-necked distillation vessel. The flask is cut into two halves, and a small glass of gold placed on the tripod before the larger vessel is resealed. Gold was frequently used as an ingredient in alchemical practice, particularly when making the transmuting “Red Stone”.

Credit Line:

• Rare Books Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Format:

• Book

Creator:

• Hollandus, Johan Isaäc, active 15th century

Author:

• Hollandus, Johan Isaäc, active 15th century

Language:

• Latin

Publisher:

• Middelbvrgi : Excudebat Richardus Schilders ..., 1600.

Date:

• 1600

Extent:

• [14], 431 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9921256363506421

Subject:

• Alchemy—Early works to 1800

Contributor:

• P. M. G.

Description:

• Numerous errors in paging.
• Title vignette; head and tail-pieces, initials.

References:

• Ferguson, J. Bib. chemica, I, p. 412-413.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/fb494g40v