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1704.1 Johann de MONTE RAPHAIM, pseud. Vorbothe der am philosophischen Himmel hervor-brechenden Morgen-Röthe. 8° Hamburg: zu finden bey Samuel Heyl 1716 Ferguson Young British Library Wisconsin
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Engraved frontispiece. 155x88mm. Hermes with winged helmet and heels, holds a caduceus in his left hand and a key marked 'I close' in his right. Attached to his left arm is a key marked 'I open'. He stands upon a circle, around which is labelled the Animal, Vegetable, Mineral and Starry realms. Inside the circumference is Materia Prima, Magnesia, Lapis and Chaos, and within this is a square with the four elements labelled each on one of the sides. Within this is a triangle with Agens, Patiens and Quinta Essentia, at the vertices are salt, sulphur and mercury, and its edges are labelled on the outside - separation, dissolution and depuration, and on the inside - soul, spirit and body.]
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