SECTION VI. — ALCHEMY. 9/5 



Divers Traitez de la philosophie naturelle. [Cont'd.] 



a rimage S. Jean au bout du Pont-neuf sur le Quay des Augustines, 

 1672. pp. [viii]-298-[v]. 



DoNATO d' Eremita (Fra). 



* Deir elixir vitae di Fra Donato d'Eremita di Rocca d'Evandro, dell' 



Ord[ine] de' Pred[icatori] libri quattro. Al Serenissimo Ferdi- 

 nando Secondo Gran Duca di Toscana. Napoli, 1624. pp. [xii]- 

 182, sm. foL, and 19 plates. Illuminated title-page. 



Contains : Tavola delle varie infirmita secondo il linguaggio Arabico, Greco 

 e Latino, pp. 133-165 ; also : Tavola de gli scrittori di medicina e di 

 chirurgia Arabi, Greci, Latini e Italiani . . . della presente opera. 



* Antidotario di Fra D. d'E. Diviso in libri tre. Napoli, 1639. pp. 



[vi]-i42, sm. fol. 111. 



Very little seems to be known of this author. He is not mentioned by 

 Schmieder, Borel, Kopp's Geschichte, Kopp's Alchemic, Hoefer, 

 Gmelin, Roth-Scholtz or Fuchs. Lenglet du Fresnoy catalogues only 

 the Elixir Vitae and adds : " On voit que jusques a ces derniers temps, 

 les Religieux ne sont pas difficulte de se meler de la science Hermetique. 

 Et il vaut mieux qu'ils s'y appliquent que de faire d'autres choses, qui 

 ne leur conviennent pas " (vol. HI, p. 147). Of the Antidotario only 

 one Book was published. It is really a treatise on pharmacy. 



DoRN.«us, Gerardus. See Theatrum chemicum ; also Manget, J. J. 



Drechsler, Johann Gabriel. 



Disputationes duo de metallorum transmutatione et in primis de chryso- 

 poeia. Lipsise, 1673. 4to. 



Drebbel, Cornelius. 



See S[chrOder, Fr. Jos. W.] ; also Divers Traitez de la philosophie naturelle. 



Drebbel van Alkmar, Cornelis. 



* Grondige oplossinge van de Natuur en Eygenschappen der Elementen, 



En hoe sy veroorsaaken Donder, Blixem, Hitte, Koude, Wind, 

 Regen, Hagel, Sneeuw &c. En waar toe sy dienstig zyn. Als 

 mede een klare beschryving van de Quinta Essentia, Noyt voor 

 desen gedrukt. Noch een Dedicatie van 't Primum mobile. Alles 

 gedaan door den grooten Hollandschen Philosooph Cornelis Drebbel 

 van Alkmaar. Verm.eerdert met het Leven van den zelve ; als mede 

 een Brief van Nacha Ree. Te Amsteldam ; by Samuel Lamsveld 

 Boekverkooper, 1732. pp. 24-108. Illustrated title-page. 



The engraved title-page is dated 1709. Contains a wood-cut and description 

 of an experiment that has caused the author to be erroneously credited 

 with the invention of the thermometer. The first edition in Latin was 

 published in 1621. For a German edition, set' in Section V. 



