Alchemical manuscript. "Von dem Lapide Animale". German handwriting on paper. 54 Bl., closely described. Approximately 45-50 lines. Paper: German Kurrentschrift. Format: 36 x 22 cm. Unbound. Lots of layers. Germany, last part dated: April 1787. Fragmentarily preserved, comprehensive manuscript with alchemical treatises and letters, partly according to Basilius Valentinus (1394-1450). Includes, among others, the texts "Von dem Lapide Animale", "Excerpta aus einem Manuscript von H. Gardtmann", "Vor der höchste Artzeney aus dem Weinstock" as well as details on the art of goldmaking. Single with small pen drawings and sketches. – Lots of layers. Paper age-related tanned and partly sticky. Isolated contemporary ink stains. Toast edges and corners, partly brittle with smaller lice. All in all, preserved in fragmentary form.