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1030 I.C. H. Des Hermes Trismegists wahrer alter Naturweg. Oder: Geheimniss wie die grosse Universaltinctur ohne Gläser, auf Menschen und Metalle zu bereiten; herausgegeben von einem ächten Freymäurer I.C.H. 12° Leipzig, bey Adam Friedrich Böhme 1782 Ferguson Young Wisconsin
[Illustrations:-
Four engravings on two folding sheets inserted after p100 at end of book.
1. 150x94mm. The first Rotation. Based on the Vitriol figure from Basil Valentine's Azoth series.
2. 150x94mm. The second Rotation. The 'Centrum in trigono centri' figure. (This image was used on the titlepage of Grasshof, 'Dyas chymica tripartita...' 1625.)
3. 150x94mm. The third Rotation. A bird descends to peck at a skeleton lying on the ground, whose head is supported by a small box.
4. 147x94mm. A crowned winged dragon forms an ouroboros with a snake completing the lower part of the circle. Inside the circle is a hexagram with a flaming seven-petalled rose at the centre. The symbols of the seven planets are also shown. On top of the hexagram are the masonic compasses, set-square and ruler. This is a reworking of the engraving in Kirchweger, 'Aurea Catena Homeri...' 1723.]
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