1815 Occulta Philosophia von den verborgenen philosophischen Geheimnussen der heimlichen Goldblumen, und lapidis philosophorum, was derselbige: und wie zu Erlangung dessen zu procediren, aussführlicher Bericht in einem philosophischen Gespräch verfässet, sampt der Schmaragd-Taffel, Paraboln, Symbolis, und 18 sonderbaren Figuren, der hochberühmten Philosophen Hermetis Trismegisti, und F. Basilii Valentini durch welche diese Kunst der philosophischen Goldblumen vollkomlich erkläret an Tag gegeben. 4° Franckfurt am Mayn: Gedruckt durch Johann Bringern 1613 Ferguson Young Wolfenbuttel British Library [Contains:- 1. Das erste Theil: Ein Colloquium oder Gesprech zwischen einem alten [Senior] und jungen Studenten [Adolphus]. 2. Das ander Theil: Aureliæ Occultæ Philosophorum. 3. Verba Hermetis in Pimandro. 4. Schmaragt Tafel Hermetis. 5. Symbolum Fratris Bailii Valentini.] [Illustrations:- 1. Woodcut on titlepage. 89x93mm. Senior and Adolphus dispute beside a tree with the Sun, Moon and the other planets. 2. p47 Woodcut. 118x102mm. Atlas carries the globe of the Earth on his shoulders, and a banner winds around him declaring the Vitriol acrostic 'Visita interioris terrae rectificando invenies occultum lapidem'. At his feet on the left a triple-faced head 'prudentia' rests on a book. On the right an infant 'simplicitas' holds a slate with the 'A.B.C.' 3. p50 Woodcut. 68x68mm. Circular symbol of the Emerald tablet with the Vitriol acrostic around the circumference. 4. p53 Woodcut. 53x66mm. A sea-nymph with twin tails swins in the ocean. She presses her breasts and two streams of milk flow into the ocean. 5. p54 Woodcut. 70x57mm. A serpent has a lion head at one end and an eagle head at the other. Its body forms a figure of eight around the Sun and the Moon. The lion head is devouring, like an ouroborous, the eagle head. 6. p56 Woodcut. 72x55mm. The Rebis, a hermaphrodite holding compasses and a set-square abd surrounded by the influences of the seven planets, stands upon a fire breathing winged dragon, which stands in turn upon a winged globe with a triangle and a square within it. 7. p59 Woodcut. 80x80mm. First figure. The under the Sun and Moon and the planets, a bearded man lies as if dead in a globe. Upon him stands a black crow, and from his mouth two spirit emerge. Below are the elements of fire and air. 8. p60 Woodcut. 53x53mm. Second figure. In a circular seal a king holding a Sun and a Moon stands on a forked tree, one side growing a rose, the other a lily. 9. p61 Woodcut. 53x53mm. Third figure. Under the Sun and Moon, a number of men armed with spears and clubs, have killed a king who lies at their feet on the ground. 10. p63 Woodcut. 53x53mm. Fourth figure. Birds descend from the sky and peck at skulls and bones on the ground below. 11. p65 Woodcut. 53x53mm. Fifth figure. A queen with a lunar halo presents crowns to the five planets seated at her feet. 12. p67 Woodcut. 53x53mm. Sixth figure. A king with a solar halo and holding an orb, presents crowns to the six other planets seated at his feet. 13. p70 Woodcut. 114x120mm. This elaborate symbol summarises the whole work of the philosophers. The figure of a man stands with one foot on earth, and the other in water, while he holds a torch representing fire in one hand and a feather representing air in the other. His head is at the centre of a heptagon, contained in a circle which is in turn placed on top of a triangle with body, soul and spirit at its vertices. The points of the heptagonal star are associated with the seven planets and between them are seven circles within which a process of transformation is depicted. 14. p72 Woodcut. 72x62mm. A heraldic shield has the sun upon it. copying the first figure of the 'Splendor Solis' series. 15. p75 Woodcut. 67x88mm. A woman stands above a cauldron heated on a fire. Birds rise from the water in a stream of fumes and fall back down again. Tied to her left is a bear disgorging a stream of liquid into the cauldron. She applies a flaming torch to the bear. Tied on the right is lion also disgorging a stream of liquid into the cauldron. She pours a jug of water onto the lion. At the feet of the bear a peacock lies as if dead, while at the feet is the lion is a dead dragon.]