Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens: Sources of an Alchemical Book of Emblems - Couverture rigide

Jong, H.M.E.De

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ISBN 10 : 0892540605 ISBN 13 : 9780892540600

Editeur : Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S., 2004

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With reproductions of several hard-to-find foldouts of alchemical engravings this book is a collector's edition of a classic alchemical study. Michael Maier was a 17th century alchemist and physician to the court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. Between 1614 and his death in 1622 Maier published a number of alchemical works of which ATALANTA FUGIENS published in 1617 is his finest. Each of the 50 emblems of ATALANTA FUGIENS consists of a motto a print and an epigram. De Jong's translation and commentary on the mottos and epigrams reveals the meaning and importance of the ATALANTA FUGIENS the sources Maier used and the mutual relationships between the emblems. She also includes an additional 30 alchemical engravings that explain her research. ATALANTA FUGIENS is a book that expresses the science of the alchemists and how it conveys a world of feeling and thought in which macrocosm and microcosm gold and lead and the human soul and the alchemical alembic are demonstrated. Including reproductions of several hard-to-find foldouts of alchemical engravings this book is a collector's edition of a classic alchemical study. Dr H.M.E. de Jong is a student of art history. Her interest in iconology led to the study of alchemical emblems. As she explored the field of alchemy and its sources in antiquity she delved into the different aspects of alchemy including the influence of theology its deeply spiritual sources and its psychological implications. Her original dissertation on alchemy led to the publication of this translation of her research into the ATALANTA FUGIENS.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0892540605
• ISBN 13: 9780892540600
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 480