Joh. Michaelis Faustij ... Compendium alchymist. novum, sive, Pandora explicata & figuris jllustrata, das ist, Die edelste Gabe Gottes, oder, Ein güldener Schatz

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