Theatrum chemicum, praecipuos selectorum auctorum tractatus de chemiae et lapidis philosophici antiquitate, veritate, iure, praestantia, & operationibus, continens: in gratiam verae chemiae, et medicinae chemicae studiosorum ... congestum, et in sex partes seu volumina digestum; singulis voluminibus, suo auctorum et librorum catalogo primis pagellis: rerum vero & verborum indice postremis annexo. Volumen primum [- sextum]

1659 · sumptibus heredum Eberhardi Zetzneri · 76 pictures

Theatrum chemicum is a 1659 alchemical anthology in six volumes, compiled from selected classic authors and published at Strasbourg by the heirs of Eberhard Zetzner for students of true chemistry and chemical medicine. Its pages hold woodcut diagrams, emblematic circles, and decorated initials set among dense Latin type, with a plate of a seated figure among rocks and vessels. A designer could draw on its cosmic wheels, sun-and-star symbols, and ornamental capitals for esoteric, mystical, or antique-scientific graphics.

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