[Alchemy] Vreeswyk, G. van. De Goude Leeuw, of den Asijn der Wysen

Waer in ontallyke heerlyke Konsten en nutte Verborgentheden ontdekt worden: als de Anima uit alle Metalen en Mineralen te trekken; vele ongemeene Medicynen, Schilder-gout, Brandewynen uit Koorn sonder viese smaek, uitstekend Blanckestel, Kostelykye Gesteenten, &c. te maken. Amst., P. Arensz., 1671. 1st ed., (16),246,(12) p., engr. title-p., 16 engr. ills. in text by Vreeswyk, later hcl., sm. 8vo.

First few lvs. sl. wormholed, vaguely stained along upper margin, else a good copy. Ferguson p. 520 (ed. 1671): "A very rare book, illustrated by most charming engravings of a quite unusual symbolical character. This book is also important as a source of the narratives of the transmutations made by Helvetius and by Monte-Snyder".