Creator
Bono, Pietro.
Title
Pretiosa Margarita Novella de Thesauro, ac Pretiosissimo Philosophorum Lapide.
Publisher
Venice: The Sons of Aldus,
Date
1546.
Description
This compilation of alchemical texts by Pietro Bono (fl. 1323–1330) is one of the earliest publications on alchemy, and the only work on the subject printed by the Aldine Press. The Aldine bibliograper Renouard evocatively notes that many copies of this book bear signs of fire damage, implying that the text was actually used in the attempt to turn base metals into gold.
Source
From the collection of G. Scott Clemons.