FLAMEL || ARNAULD, Trois traités de philosophie naturelle, 1612

First edition of Nicolas Flamel's Hieroglyphic Figures.
This text, attributed to the legendary French alchemist Nicolas Flamel, was written between 1399 and 1413. It is said to contain the secret of the Great Work and the Philosopher's Stone. The plate depicts the figures in the arcade of the small charnel house in the Cemetery of the Innocents, built by Nicolas Flamel in 1407, whose book of Hieroglyphic Figures is said to be the key to understanding. A fine copy of this text sought after by all alchemists.