Practical Books and Texts
16th Century and earlier
1
A Chymicall treatise of the Ancient Philosopher Arnoldus de Nova Villa
1415
Arnold de Villa Nova
2
The Secret Book of Artephius
1200
Artephius
3
Everburning Lights of Trithemius
1408
Johannes Trithemius
4
Rosary of the Philosophers or Rosarium Philosophorum
1550
Anonymous
5
Geber's Discovery of Secrets
800
Geber (Jabir Ibn Hayyan)
6
Donum Dei or God's Most Precious Gift
1475
Georgius Aurach de Argentina
7
Tract on the Tincture and Oil of Antimony
1731
Roger Bacon
8
Coelum Philosophorum or Book of Vexations
Paracelsus
9
The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists
1659
Paracelsus
10
A Work of Saturn
1670
Johann Isaac Hollandus
11
The True Book of the learned Greek Abbot Synesius
1612
Synesius - Greek Abbot
12
The Crowning of Nature
Anonymous
17th Century
13
The three alchemical flasks of Oldfield
1570
Clement Oldfield
14
Colours to be observed in the Great Work
1680
Anonymous
15
The Six Keys of Eudoxus, opening into the most Secret Philosophy
Eudoxus
16
Phantom alchemical plants of Quersitanus
1605
Anonymous
17
Aphorismi Urbigerani, Or Certain Rules, Clearly demonstrating the Three Infallible Ways of Preparing the Grand Elixir or Circulatum majus of the Philosophers
1690
Urbigerani
18
Circulatum minus Urbigeranum, or the Philosophical Elixir of Vegetables
1690
Urbigerani
19
Experiments touching Sulphur and Mercury
1627
Francis Bacon
20
The Making of Gold
1627
Francis Bacon
21
Concerning the Material of the Stone
Anonymous
22
Table of alchemical equipment and operations
1665
Athanasius Kircher
23
The Art of Distillation
1651
John French
24
Treatise on Gold
1638
Joannes Agricola
18th Century and later
25
The Golden Chain of Homer - Book I: Aurea Catena Homeri
1723
Anton Josef Kirchweger
26
The Golden Chain of Homer - Book III Aurea Catena Homeri
1770
Anton Josef Kirchweger
27
Rosicrucian Aphorisms and Process
1791
Sigismund Bacstrom