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Baro Urbigerus

Aphorismi Urbigerani

The Complete 1690 Volume · With Circulatum Minus

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The Historical Title and Licence · Modern English

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Original English

Aphorismi Urbigerani, Or Certain RULES, Clearly demonstrating the Three Infallible Ways of Preparing the GRAND ELIXIR OR Circulatum majus OF THE Philosophers, Discovering The Secret of Secrets, AND Detecting the Errors of Vulgar Chymists in their OPERATIONS:

Contain'd in One Hundred and One Aphorisms: To which are added, the Three Ways of Preparing the Vegetable Elixir or Circulatum minus: All deduc'd from Never-Erring EXPERIENCE

By BARO URBIGERUS, A Servant of God in the Kingdom of Nature.

Experto Crede.

LONDON, Printed for Henry Faithorne, at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1690.

Modern English

Urbigerus’s Aphorisms; or, Certain Rules Clearly Demonstrating the Three Infallible Ways of Preparing the Grand Elixir, or Greater Circulated Preparation of the Philosophers, Revealing the Secret of Secrets and Exposing the Errors of Common Chymists in Their Operations.

Contained in One Hundred and One Aphorisms; to Which Are Added the Three Ways of Preparing the Vegetable Elixir, or Lesser Circulated Preparation. All Derived from Infallible Experience.

By Baro Urbigerus, a Servant of God in the Kingdom of Nature.

Trust one who has experience.

London: printed for Henry Faithorne, at the Rose in St Paul’s Churchyard, 1690.

About This Reading Edition

The complete 1690 Aphorismi Urbigerani: historical frontispiece and Latin inscriptions, title and licence, dedication, all 101 grand-elixir aphorisms, the complete Circulatum Minus with its title, address and 31 vegetable aphorisms, and the full explanatory postscript with both printed endings. Original and modern English readings, fresh Latin translations, 115 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Baro Urbigerus, Aphorismi Urbigerani, London: Henry Faithorne, 1690; with Circulatum Minus Urbigeranum and the concluding postscript. The Getty Research Institute copy supplies the governing images; EEBO-TCP A25684 supplies the structured transcription witness, corrected against those images. The frontispiece signed W. F. is attributed in library catalogues to William Faithorne.

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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

The historical text and engraving are public domain. The EEBO-TCP Phase 2 transcription is released under CC0; that waiver does not cover associated images. The engraving is credited to the Getty Research Institute copy digitised by Internet Archive. The supplied 2026 reading, translations and Diotimos editorial material are published with the site owner’s authorization.