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BASILIUS VALENTINUS, - A - BENEDICTINE MONK, - OF - NATURAL & SUPERNATURAL - THINGS. - ALSO, - Of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of METALS and MINERALS, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented. - Whereunto is added, Frier Roger Bacon, of the Medicine or Tincture of Antimony; Mr. John Isaac Holland, his Work of Saturn, and Alex. Van Suchten, of the Secrets of Antimony. - Translated out of High Dutch by Daniel Cable. - LONDON,
BASILIUS VALENTINUS, - A - Benedictine Monk, - OF - NATURAL & SUPERNATURAL - THINGS. - ALSO, - Of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of METALS and MINERALS, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented. - Translated out of High Dutch by Daniel Cable. - Whereunto is added - Alex. Van Suchten - OF THE - SECRETS of ANTIMONY. - Translated out of High Dutch by D. C. a Person of great Skill in Chymistry. - LONDON,
Basilius Valentinus, - OF - Natural and Supernatural Things.
Chap. I.
Chap. II. - Of the first Tincture and Roots of Metals.
Chap. III. - Of the Spirit of Mercury.
Chap. IV. - Of the Spirit of Copper.
Chap. V. - Of the Spirit and Tincture of Mars.
Chap. VI. - Of the Spirit of Gold.
Hereunto I add a short process:
Full title
Of Natural and Supernatural Things Also of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals and Minerals, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented. Also of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals and Minerals, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented.
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en
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Release date
2008-08-17
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Public domain in the USA.

A shadowy figure in the history of alchemy, this writer was long described as a 15th-century Benedictine monk, but modern scholars often treat the name as a pseudonym. Works published under that name became especially famous for their influence on early chemical writing, including texts on antimony and alchemical practice.
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