Rare Books and Manuscripts : Opus Primum

Isaac Newton

Rare Books and Manuscripts

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>Drawn from the writings of a range of alchemical authorities.<br /> f. 1r Title page reading only 'Opus primum'. <br /> f. 3r 'Gradus primus/ Extractio et Rectificatio Spiritus'.<br /> f. 5r 'Extractio auri vivi, et conjunctio ejus'. <br /> f. 9r 'Opus Quintum/ Vivificatio et Putrefactio Terrae foliatae.'<br /> f. 15r 'Opus Quintum/ Vivificatio et Putrefactio Terræ foliatæ': though the title is identical to the foregoing, the text is quite different.<br /> f. 19r 'Opus sextum./ ffixis in album et rubrum. Conjunctio viri rubri cum fœmina alba, & decoctio ad complementum' (partly in English). <br /> f. 27r 'Opus sextum/ Præparatio Mercurij Vulgaris per Veneris Columbas.' f. 29r 'Opus septimum/ Solutio Metallorum [primo] in Mercurium per Mercurium, deinde in aquam [mercur]ialem et compositio mercurij nostri duplati' (partly in English).<br /> f. 31r 'Opus Octavum/ Conjunctio Putrefactio et Regimen Decoctionis'. f. 33r 'Opus Octavum/ Conjunctio Putrefactio et Regimen Decoctionis' (variant draft).<br /></p><p>Transcription available from the <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/mss/norm/ALCH00029'>Chymistry of Isaac Newton Project</a></p></p>