Item #53281 The Book of Lambspring coloured; ( Hermetic Studies series ). Paul Kaym ANONYMOUS, Nicolas Häublin, Adam McLean.

The Book of Lambspring coloured; ( Hermetic Studies series )

Glasgow, U.K. Hermetic Studies, 2000. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. iv + 44pp, colour plates. Hand bound in brown faux leather with gilt title titling to spine, maroon endpapers, lettered "Lambspring Coloured" down spine. Number 5 in the Hermetic Studies series. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Adam McLean. From the editor: "This is an edition of the well known 'Book of Lambspring' which first appeared in manuscript during the latter half of the 16th century, but which was made widely available in Michael Maier's Tripus Aureus of 1618, and later included in the Musaeum Hermeticum of 1625. The engravings are very well known and are reproduced in many popular books on alchemy or symbolism today. This is, to my knowledge, the first coloured version ever made available in print. It is not a reproduction of any other manuscript. The colouring scheme is entirely my own, but I have drawn on my extensive study of coloured alchemical manuscripts. There is a short introduction, dealing with some aspects of the symbolism found in the Book of Lambspring." A bright clean Fine copy. Item #53281

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