SEVEN KEYS OF HONORATUS MARINIER

Marinier, Honoratus; Adam McLean; Vincent Matley

Edité par Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, Glasgow, 2007

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Limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by McLean; Translated by Vincent Matley with an Introduction by Adam McLean; 11.5" x 8"; 49 pages with 24 full page color illustrations; Bound in leatherette. This late Eighteenth Century work is preserved in two manuscripts. It is almost completely unknown. It consists of a series of seven 'keys' presenting the alchemical work in a sequence of twenty two emblematic figures. These are provided with explanatory texts, providing practical explanations of the allegorical imagery. The allegorical images present a kind of alchemical drama featuring as its main characters Vulcan, Apollo, Diana, Mercury, Saturn, and the alchemical adept. It follows the conventional alchemical idea of the sequence of colour changes - black, through white, to red. It uses the idea of the hermaphrodite and bird symbols. This work could well be the last alchemical emblematic sequence ever to have been created.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: SEVEN KEYS OF HONORATUS MARINIER
• Éditeur: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, Glasgow
• Date de parution: 2007
• Édition: First edition.
• État de l'article: Cloth bound in fine condition.
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur