Jean-Jacques Manget (1652-1742) was a Swiss doctor, writer and collector who published works on the European black plague, heart rhythm disturbances and anatomy.
He is also known for publishing one of the most complete compilations of alchemical writings ever published. Manget’s Bibliotheca Curiosa Chemica from 1702 collected 140 alchemical treatises in 2 massive volumes and also featured illustrations from these rare or lost original hermetic texts. Authors included names such as Athanasius Kircher, Roger Bacon, Georg Agricola and even Nicholas Flamel.
