Alchemy - CASTAIGNE (Gabriel de). The Works of... Lot 22

Alchemy - CASTAIGNE (Gabriel de). The Works of the R.P. Gabriel de Castaigne, both medicinal and chymical, divided into four main tracts. I. The Earthly Paradise. II. The great miracle of metallic nature. III. The Potable Gold. IV. The Philosophical Thresor of Metal Medicine. Second Edition. To which are added the Basilian Aphorisms, & the particular method for making well the marvellous Ointment called Manus Dei. Paris, Jean d'Hourry, 1661. 4 parts in one vol. in-8 of 93-78-146-15 pp. Missing pp. 43-50 of l'Or Potable, replaced here by photocopies. Ivory vellum, smooth spine, handwritten title (period binding). "This general title was placed by J. B. de la Noue, reviser of Castaigne's works, at the head of the Paradis Terrestre, vol. of 20-94 pp. The other treatises have separate paginations. This Terrestrial Paradise is a mixture of recipes of medicine and operations of alchemy, whose base is always the drinking Gold. The works of this R. P. Cordelier are very rare and sought after by adepts." Caillet (2059). Dorbon n°635 : "these different treatises together form one of the most complete collections on spagyric medicine that we have come across... One also notices numerous attestations of important people that Castaigne would have treated or cured... [here unfortunately missing and replaced by copies]".