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Hermetischer Rosenkrantz, das ist: vier schöne, ausserlesene chymische Tractätlein. Von der geheimen Kunst, und Stein der Weisen, geheimes Buch. Compendium alchimiae. Erklärung über den Commentarium Hortulani. Tractat vom Stein der Weisen
anonymous|Artephius|Hortulanus|Arnaldus de Villanova|Bernhardus Trevisanus
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The 'Hermetischer Rosenkrantz' (1682) is a specific German alchemical anthology containing works by Artephius, Hortulanus, and others. While the individual treatises within the collection have been translated into English from Latin or other sources (e.g., Artephius's 'Secret Book' in 1624), this specific German compilation has never been translated or published as a single volume in English. No records of an English translation of the 1682 German text were found in scholarly catalogs.
The Secret Book of Artephius (in 'Flamel's Hieroglyphics'), trans. Eirenaeus Orandus (1624) [partial]
The Mirror of Alchimy... with the Commentary of Hortulanus, trans. Anonymous (1597) [partial]
A Treatise of Bernard Earl of Trevisan, trans. Anonymous (1680) [partial]
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Unlock the secrets of the 1,000-year-old philosopher Artephius and the foundational Emerald Tablet in this definitive alchemical compendium. Readers will discover 'Ariadne’s thread' through the labyrinth of Hermetic secrets, revealing the precise regulation of the three fires and the natural transformation of the Philosopher’s Stone.
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