Title: Reconditorium ac reclusorium opulentiae sapientiaeque numinis mundi magni, cui deditur in titulum Chymica vannus, obtenta quidem & erecta auspice mortale coepto
Description: This is a famous hermetic treatise, whose author is supposed to be the Grand Master of the Rose+Cross, Thomas Vaughan, alias Eugenius Philalethes (1621-1666), who was born in Galles, lived in England and died at Albury (Oxforshire), where he was the abbot. This book is a masterpiece of mithological, hermetic and learned quotes, as well as a precious model of humility in the love of Jesus Christ, to which the author frequently addresses in his prayers. This treatise is followed by a second book of pure alchemical content, "Commentatio de Pharmaco Catholico" by Johan de Monte-Snyder.
Subjects: Early works to 1800, Alchemy, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Places: London, Amsterdam
Time periods: 1662-1666