xxiv. The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



necessarily determine the original period 



of publication in every case. 



Concerning Natural and Supernatural 

 Things : also concerning the First 

 Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals : 

 how they are generated, brought 

 forth, smelted, altered, and aug- 

 mented. A true account, by Prater 

 Basil Valentine, of the Benedictine 

 Order, printed from his own manu- 

 script by John Tholden Hessius, 

 cum privileoio. Leipzig, at the cost 

 of Jacob Apel, bookseller. A.D., 1603. 



Prater Basil Valentine's Treatise con- 

 cerning the Great Stone of the 

 Ancients, whereat so many thousands 

 of Masters have worked since the 

 beginning of the world. Accom- 

 panied by his clear repetition and 

 reiteration, wherein the true Light 

 of the Wise is philosophically ex- 

 hibited. Together with an account 

 of the principal metals and their pro- 

 perties. II. Of the Microcosmos, 

 or the small world of man. III. Of 

 the Great Secret of the World, and 



