The art of distillation, or a treatise of the choicest spagyricall preparations performed by way of distillation ... together with the description of ... furnaces and vessels also, a discourse of divers spagyrical experiments ... and of the anatomy of gold and silver / [John French].

  • French, John, 1616-1657
Date:
1653
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Credit: The art of distillation, or a treatise of the choicest spagyricall preparations performed by way of distillation ... together with the description of ... furnaces and vessels also, a discourse of divers spagyrical experiments ... and of the anatomy of gold and silver / [John French]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Epifile Dedicatory. “is more delight, honor, and fatisfaction in. the one then in the enjoyment of the other. Tonce read of a Noble muoys Porter thatle® inall that Were rich apparelled, but ex- cluded a poor Philofopher: but L fhould, if I had been in his place, haverather let in the Philofopher without the gay cloathes, then the gay cloathes without the Philofo- pher. Aslong as_I have fenfe or reafon, I fhallimprove , them tothe honour of Art; efpecially that of Alchymie. In the perfection thereof there are riches, honour,health, and length of dayes: by it Artefivs lived 1000. years; Flammell built.28 Hofpitalls with large revenues to then, befides Churches and Chappe's; for it, both they and divers more were accounted Philofophers , and wife men, which founds more honoufable in my eares then all the ratling and empty titles of honour: whatfoever befides. In the perfection of this Art, I. mean the accomplifhing of the Elixir, is the Sulphur of Philofophers fet at Jiber- ty, which gratifies the releafers thereof with three King- domes, 1%, Vegetable, Animall, and Minerall, and what cannot they do, and how honcurable are they, that have the command of thefez They may command Lead into Gold, dying plants into fruitfulnefle, the fick“into health, old age into youth,darkneffe into light, and what note A month would failto give you.an account of their ‘power and dominations. Now for the effe@ing of this] {hall befides what I have advifed in the Epiftle to the Reader, fay only this; Court the Mother, and you winne the Daughter, prevail with Nature, andthe fair Diana of the Philofophers is at your. fervice. Now if you cannot prevaile with Nature for thefaiteft of her. daughters, w%. the Mercury of Philofophers, yet the hath other Danghters of wonderfull: beauty alfo, as are