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Baro Urbigerus

Aphorismi Urbigerani

The Complete 1690 Volume · With Circulatum Minus

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The Companion Title and Address · The Companion Title

Original English

Circulatum minus Urbigeranum, OR THE PHILOSOPHICAL ELIXIR OF VEGETABLES, WITH The Three certain Ways of Preparing it, fully and clearly set forth in One and Thirty APHORISMS

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 Lesser Circulated Preparation, or The Philosophical Elixir of Vegetables, with the Three Certain Ways of Preparing It, Fully and Clearly Set Forth in Thirty-One Aphorisms.

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.