Revelations about the mysteries of the tinctures of the seven metals

Dearest friends: The title of this engraving reads as follows: REVELATION DES MYSTÈRES DES TEINTURES ESSENTIELLES DES SEPT MÉTAUX─’Revelations about the mysteries of the tinctures of the seven metals’─ In 1646, a book written by the Norman Protestant physician and alchemist Jean Brouaut (1550-1646) was published posthumously, called Traité de l'eau de vie ou anatomie théorique et pratique du vin, divisé en trois livres, sometimes translated as The Books of Distillation ─it contains three parts─. Scholars have said in this regard: …