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A NEW TREATISE CONCERNING THE TREASURE AND 

 MOST PRECIOUS PHILOSOPHER'S STONE ; 



Or the Method and Procedure of this Divine Art ; 

 being observations drawn from the works of Arnold, 

 Raymond, Rhasis, Albertus, and Michael Scotus. Now 

 first published by James Lacinius the Calabrian, with a 

 copious Index. 



Translated into English from the much-prized edition 

 of Aldus, which appeared, with the privilege of Pope Paul 

 III. and the Senate of Venice, in 1546. 



The Pretiosa Margarita Novella is supposed to be a 

 " faithful abridgment " of a work entitled Margarita 

 Pretiosa, which appears to have circulated in manuscript 

 in Italy during the first half of the fourteenth century, 

 but does not seem to have been printed. It was written 

 by Pietro Bono, who enjoys high repute as an adept in 

 the art of Alchemy ; and the present version, which has 

 been subjected to a searching revision, is edited with an 

 introductory analysis of the various Hermetic books 

 which are attributed to this author. The Pretiosa 

 Margarita Novella has special interest as one of the 

 earliest books which appeared in print on Alchemy. 



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