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Auction archive: Lot number 113

Alchemy.- Maier (Michael) Secretioris Naturae Secretorum Scrutinium Chymicum, per Oculis et Intellectui...Emblemata, third edition of Atlanta fugiens, Frankfurt, G.H. Oehrlingus, 1687.

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,845 - US$5,127
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 113

Alchemy.- Maier (Michael) Secretioris Naturae Secretorum Scrutinium Chymicum, per Oculis et Intellectui...Emblemata, third edition of Atlanta fugiens, Frankfurt, G.H. Oehrlingus, 1687.

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,845 - US$5,127
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Alchemy.- Maier (Michael) Secretioris Naturae Secretorum Scrutinium Chymicum, per Oculis et Intellectui...Emblemata, second edition of Atlanta fugiens, half-title, 50 engraved half-page illustrations by Merian, some foxing and marginal staining, small leather book-label of Haven O'More, contemporary vellum, rebacked, [Landwehr, German 412; Praz p.410; Duveen p.384], 4to, Frankfurt, G.H. Oehrlingus, 1687. ⁂ The most famous and important work of emblematic alchemy. Each of its 50 emblems is accompanied by an epigrammatic verse, prose and a musical fugue. It may therefore be considered an early example of multimedia.

Auction archive: Lot number 113
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Alchemy.- Maier (Michael) Secretioris Naturae Secretorum Scrutinium Chymicum, per Oculis et Intellectui...Emblemata, second edition of Atlanta fugiens, half-title, 50 engraved half-page illustrations by Merian, some foxing and marginal staining, small leather book-label of Haven O'More, contemporary vellum, rebacked, [Landwehr, German 412; Praz p.410; Duveen p.384], 4to, Frankfurt, G.H. Oehrlingus, 1687. ⁂ The most famous and important work of emblematic alchemy. Each of its 50 emblems is accompanied by an epigrammatic verse, prose and a musical fugue. It may therefore be considered an early example of multimedia.

Auction archive: Lot number 113
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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