Preface.

times promised. He was, however, prevented from this by an untimely death, so that many of his small worksoriginal: opusculorum, which he intended to publish, remained behind and did not come to light. Although efforts are being made to bring these to hand—since various others are still said to exist—none could be acquired for this time except for the Pharmacopoeiaoriginal: Pharmacopœam; a comprehensive guide for identifying and preparing medicinal compounds and the Hermetic Herbaloriginal: Herbarium Hermeticum; a study of the medicinal and spiritual properties of plants based on alchemical principles, which are to be regarded as among the most significant of his small worksoriginal: opusculis.

Both of these, along with previous small treatisesoriginal: Tractätlein published here and there, have been brought into a specific order and are hereby sharedoriginal: communicirt with you, kind reader. This comes with the promise that no effort will be spared to bring to light whatever else may yet be found. For there is no doubt—since the previous small worksoriginal: opuscula were printed at various times and the copiesoriginal: Exemplaria have all been completely dispersedoriginal: distrahirt; meaning the previous editions were sold out or scattered, making them rare, yet there remains much demand—that you will find herein—