Item #59204 Splendor Solis; Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks Number 8. Edited and, Commentary by, Edited, Adam MCLEAN, Joscelyn Godwin, Trismosin Salomon.

Splendor Solis; Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks Number 8

Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1991. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 122pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt titling, b&w illustrations.The Second edition of No. 8 of Adam McLean's Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks which was first published in the hand bound limited editions that McLean is known for. An important translation of what is probably the best known of the sixteenth century alchemical manuscripts. The translation, by Godwin, is drawn from five different primary sources, and is accompanied by 22 engravings reproduced from the German edition of 1708. Light browning to endpapers, otherwise a lovely clean near Fine copy (no dust - as issued). Item #59204
ISBN: 0933999917

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