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Bibliotheca chemica contracta - Paul Ferguson - 10-09-2026
The Bibliotheca chemica contracta is a classic 17th-century compilation of alchemical and hermetic texts edited by Nathan Albineus (the Latinized name of Nathan d'Aubigné de la Fosse, son of the French writer Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné). [1]
## Key Details
* Editor: Nathan Albineus (Doctor of Medicine / doctoris medici) [1, 2]
* First Published: 1653 in Geneva by Johannes Antonius and Samuel de Tournes (Genevæ: Johannes Ant. & Samuel de Tournes) (later editions/printings followed, such as in 1673). [3, 4, 5]
* Language: Latin [4, 6]
* Contents Included:
* Hermes Trismegistus – Tabula Smaragdina (Emerald Table, featured in the preface)
* Jean d'Espagnet – Enchiridion Physicae Restitutae
* Jean d'Espagnet – Arcanum Hermeticae Philosophiae Opus
* Michael Sendivogius – Novum Lumen Chemicum
* Michael Sendivogius – De Sulphure Tractatus
* Giovanni Aurelio Augurelli – Chrysopoeia and Vellus Aureum
* Nathan Albineus – Carmen Aureum (Golden Poem) [1, 4, 7]
You can browse digital scans of the text via the [Internet Archive copy of the Bibliotheca chemica contracta](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_pKGuL7oXt4cC) or inspect library records on the [Wellcome Collection](https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kz7jrg7b). [2, 8]
[1] [https://www.abebooks.com](https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Bibliotheca-Chemica-contracta-ALBINEUS-Nathan-Joannis/32090299873/bd)
[2] [https://wellcomecollection.org](https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kz7jrg7b)
[3] [https://books.google.com](https://books.google.com/books/about/Bibliotheca_chemica_contracta_Nathanis_A.html?id=HVL6zQEACAAJ)
[4] [https://alchemywebsite.com](https://alchemywebsite.com/books/bk64.htm)
[5] [https://catalog.hathitrust.org](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009285548)
[6] [https://openlibrary.org](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL43139588W/Bibliotheca_chemica_contracta_ex_delectu_emendatione_Nathanis_Albinei)
[7] [https://play.google.com](https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Bibliotheca_chemica_contracta_ex_delectu_emendatio?id=NpVDpPZaxeQC&hl=ur)
[8] [https://archive.org](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_pKGuL7oXt4cC)