Not listed in Watts' bibliography

PHILADELPHIA,

Henry Collins

BROTHERLY LOVE

To the

STUDIOUS

In the

HERMETIC ART.

Hermetic Art: A traditional term for alchemy and the esoteric sciences, named after the legendary figure Hermes Trismegistus.

Wherein are discovered the principles of HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY, with much candor and plainness.

Written by Eyreneus Philoctetes

original: "Eyreneus Philoctetes." This is a pseudonym, likely Greek-inspired, meaning "peaceful lover of gain" or "peaceful lover of achievement," commonly used by alchemical authors of this period.

And God said, "Let the Earth bring forth grass; the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself upon the Earth": and it was so. Genesis 1:11.

If you desire to exalt a thing beyond what nature has done, consider well in what, and by what it is improved, and let it always be done within its own kind. Sendivogius, Treatise 1.
original: "Sendivo. Trea. 1." Michael Sendivogius (1566–1636) was a famous Polish alchemist and philosopher.

Printed and sold by Tace Sowle at the Crooked Billet in Holywell Lane in Shoreditch. 1694.

Tace Sowle was a prominent Quaker printer and bookseller in London who took over her father’s business.

Written in 1691 (according to the last page)