02-21-2023, 08:05 PM
I found today a rather fine, coloured manuscript in the Latvian Masonic Museum (which has a Facebook page).
It is a version of the familiar 18th century compendium, the 'Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians'.
Among the images is one of the Mons philosophorum. This was originally issued as woodcut dated 1604, normally ascribed to Denis Zacaire, and indicated as being the frontispiece to his Die Natürliche Philosophia. I am not entirely sure that this is correct. It does appear in at least one of the 18th century printings of Die Natürliche Philosophia, 1724. But is not included in the 1609 printing, at least in the copy I have examined.
It is a version of the familiar 18th century compendium, the 'Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians'.
Among the images is one of the Mons philosophorum. This was originally issued as woodcut dated 1604, normally ascribed to Denis Zacaire, and indicated as being the frontispiece to his Die Natürliche Philosophia. I am not entirely sure that this is correct. It does appear in at least one of the 18th century printings of Die Natürliche Philosophia, 1724. But is not included in the 1609 printing, at least in the copy I have examined.
Adam McLean