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Klossowski de Rola, Stanislas [Alchemy]Biblio.com
EL JUEGO AUREO: 533 Grabados alquimicos del siglo XVII
1988ref. 508423Ediciones Siruela 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. NEAR FINE. First Printing. 4to sewn binding in printed red and black paper over board hardcovers with matching slipcase. Profusely illustrated. 'Alchemy its mysteries and the quest for the Philosopher's Stone have been a strand in the development of European culture from antiquity onwards. By the seventeenth century the complex pictorial language of alchemical symbols had reached a high point of elaboration and beauty. With the spread of printing the whole fantastic iconography flowered as never before. This magnificent book presents a selection of the finest alchemical engravings brought together for the first time. The best engravers of the age--the De Bry family Merian De Hooghe and others--worked to interpret the haunting emblems of Lambsprinck and Michael Maier the profundities of the wordless Mutus Liber or the Christian mysticism of Jacob Bohme. In his introduction and commentaries the author investigates the origins of this visual tradition interprets the symbols and provides information on authors publishers patrons and engravers.' Publisher's blurb for the later Thames & Hudson edition. Ediciones Siruela hardcover
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