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1593 Michael MAIER. Viatorium, hoc est, de montibus planetarum septem seu metallorum; Tractatus tam utilis, quam perspicuus, quo, ut Indice Mercuriali in triviis, vel Ariadneo filo in Labyrintho, seu Cynosura in oceano chymicorum errorum immenso, quilibet rationalis, veritatis amans, ad illum, qui in montibus sese abdidit De Rubea-petra Alexicacum, omnibus medicis desideratum, investigandum, uti poterit. 4° Oppenheimii. Ex typographia Hieronymus Galleri, Sumptibus Joh. Theodori de Bry 1618 Ferguson Young British Library Wisconsin
[Illustrations:-
1. p1 Engraved title-page. 154x119mm. Engraved frame with printed text of title.
2. p35 Engraving. 75x91mm. A walled city (Thebes) with gates to the North, South, East and West.
3. p54 Engraving. 75x92mm. A winged dragon coils around the front leg of an elephant and is trying to kill and devour it.
4. p66 Engraving. 76x103mm. Urged on by a man with a rod, a crowd in a temple kneel down and worship the statue of Jupiter.
5. p82 Engraving. 82x102mm. Overlooked by a man with hands raised in astonishment, a man sits at a table and dissects a chamelion. Also on the table is a body of a rabbit or dog. Another corpse of a dog lies on the ground.
6. p92 Engraving. 83x106mm. In a military camp, under the eyes of guards, a soldier attacks with his sword a man seated beside a king at a table laden with coins.
7. p112 Engraving. 75x92mm. A king stands on a small island in the ocean. He releases one bird to the east and another to the west. In the foreground a man in armour sails in a ship.
8. p133 Engraving. 74x93mm. In an amphitheatre a man leads a lion by a rope. In the background above, the man feeds the lion with a lamb.]
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