Splendor solis :
alchemical treatises of Solomon Trismosin, adept and teacher of Paracelsus ... including 22 allegorical pictures ... dated 1582 ... with introduction, elucidation of the paintings, aiding the interpretation of their occult meaning /
Trismosin's autobiographical account of his travels in search of the philosopher's stone, a summary of his alchemical process called ; the red lion, and explanatory notes by J.K.

Description

Main Author

Trismosin, Solomon.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., [1921], 1582.

Subjects

Alchemy in art.
Alchemy > Alchemy / Early works to 1800 > Alchemy / Early works to 1800 / Illustrations.

Note

Including 22 allegorical pictures reproduced from the original paintings in the unique manuscript on vellum, dated 1582, in the British Museum (t.p.).

Physical Description

103, [1] p. + 22 plates : plates ; 25 cm.

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