Dell'elixir vitae
By: di fr©  Donato d'Eremita di Rocca d'Euandro dell'ord. de pred. : libri quattro
Publisher: Per Secondino Roncagliolo
Published: 1624
Place of publication: In Napoli
Language: ita
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Elixir of life; Distillation; Equipment and supplies; Alchemy; Medicinal plants; Workshop recipes; Herbal treatments; Therapies
Notes: Signatures: [maltese cross]6 A-H2 I-V4 X2 Y-2B4 2C-2G2(-2G2).

Errata: p. 182.

Author further identified on p. [9] as Fra Donato d'Eremita di Rocca d'Evandro dell'ordine di San Domenico.

Decorative initials and head-pieces; text printed within double frame of rules.

Illustrations: 20 engravings, including historiated engraved t.p.  Each of the 19 plates, bound in at the end, consists of an engraving showing distillation or other process and requisite equipment, an engraved description below and one of the five different elaborately engraved architectural frames on the other three sides. The border on plates 2, 5, 9, 13 and 17 contains the author's name and device, giving rise to the speculation that he may have executed the illustrations.

Includes: Tavola delle varie infirmata, secondo il linguaggio Arabica, Greco, e Latina, p. 133-166; Tavola de gli scrittori di medicina e di chirugia Arabi, Greco, Latini, e Italiani, p. 166-168; and Osservazioni intorno a' semplici della ricetta dell'elixir vitae, p. 169-181.

Duveen, D.L.  Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica, 176.

Ferchl, F.  Pictorial history of chemistry, p. 94, 97.