Mannucci mirco a editors annotations (1 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Limited edition of 333; also available from publisher in NZ for modest cost. First ever English translation from the original Latin. Fine black full-cloth boards, gilt cover design and spine titles, fine. Vignettes at cover and spine for Rubedo Press. Thick heavy stock leaves, fine. Several illustrations throughout. Deep mauvish maroon matte endpapers. Bind fine; hinges intact. Matte wrapper in lightly blue tinted grey with elegant sparse titles and symbols, fine; protected in new clear sleeve. A substantial, well designed volume of fine craftsmanship. From front flap: "In his 'Saturnia Regna,' Huginus Barma depicts the Hermetic Arcanum in such a way that he appears to have penetrated into the inner sanctum. Among other things, he says: 'Our mercury softens what is hard and hardens what is soft, fixes the volatile, and volatilises even the most fixed, renders lviing matter dead, and brings the dead to life through resuscitation, it is wet and it is dry. Whoever could render this subject to their will is without a doubt an heir of the Hermes of old.'" - Olaus Borrichius, 1696. From back flap: "Composed in Moravia in 1649, and published in Paris in 1657, the 'Reign of Saturn' emerged amidst the royal Hermeticists of the Holy Roman Empire. Bearing the distinct philosophical influence of Paracelsus, the Cosmoplitan, and the central salt manuscripts attributed to Michael Sendivogius, this unique text is consecrated to the 'Aqua sapientum' - the Water of the Wise which 'does not wet the hands.' Like the waters of creation and destruction which form the root of ancient cosmologies, this water underpins the philosophy and praxis of alchemical transmutation. Translated into English for the first time, this edition presents both the Latin text of the 'Saturnia Regna' together with a lucid facing-page translation by Michael A. Putman. Complemented by a detailed historical introduction ending at page 81 situating Huginus within the baroque world of seventeenth-century alchemy, this edition features rich annotation from Aaron Cheak and Mirco A. Mannucci, elucidating the text from a historical, philosohical, and practical standpoint." 302 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.…