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Palladis Chymicae Arcana Detecta — Marengus (PH292)
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches of scholarly catalogs, Open Library, and Google Books yielded no evidence of an English translation for Joannes Baptista Marengus's 'Palladis Chymicae Arcana Detecta'. The work appears to be a rare 17th-century manuscript, and no record of a published English translation exists.
Verified Mar 29, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books · methodology
Joannes Baptista Marengus writes a practical manual on the transmutation of base metals into gold. This manuscript details the laboratory operations required to create the Philosophical Stone.