OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE original: "AVREI VELLERIS"; a reference to the mythological fleece of the ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts, used here as a metaphor for the ultimate prize of alchemy: the Philosopher's Stone.

The Golden Treasure and Chamber of Art. original: "Guldin Schatz vnd Kunstkamer"; a "Kunstkammer" was a cabinet of curiosities or a collection of notable objects and knowledge.

TREATISE III.

Remaining Philosoph-

ical Writings and Books / old and

New / which are somewhat noble / and by some

are highly esteemed / arranged for this first

Volume. original: "Tomo"; from the Latin tomus, referring to a single book within a larger multi-volume set.

Whose Catalogue is also to be found at the very front, of the first

Treatise, shortly after the Title in the

beginning, where it is recorded.

A complex decorative woodcut ornament consisting of symmetrical, interlaced knotwork. The center features a dense lattice of interconnected diamond shapes, while the left and right ends terminate in elaborate looping flourishes.

Printed in the Princely Abbey of St. Gall’s Imperial original: "f. Gottshauß S. Gallen Reichs-hoff"; the Abbey of St. Gall was a major Benedictine monastery and a micro-state within the Holy Roman Empire.

Court / Rorschach on Lake Constance. 1599.