Splendor Solis. Harley 3469 The British Library • London “Unique and unrepeatable first edition, strictly limited to 987 numbered and authenticated copies” This codex, dated 1582, is the most beautiful treatise on alchemy ever made. The secrets of kabbalah, astrology and alchemic symbolism are revealed on 22 folios bearing full-page illustrations. According to J. Völlnagel, “The Splendor Solis is by no means a laboratory manual, a kind of recipe book for alchemists […]. Rather, the Splendor Solis sets forth the philosophy of alchemy, a world view according to which the human being (the alchemist) exists and acts in harmony with nature, respecting divine creation and at the same time intervening in the processes underlying that creation, all the while supporting its growth with the help of alchemy”. • Shelf mark: Harley 3469 • Date: 1582 • Size: 230 x 330 mm • 100 pages, 22 full-page illuminations lavishly embellished with gold • Bound in crimson leather decorated with gold • Full-colour commentary volume (184 p.) by Thomas Hofmeier (Historian of Alchemy), Jörg Völlnagel (Art historian, research associate at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), Peter Kidd (Former curator of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts at the Bodleian and British Libraries) and Joscelyn Godwin bit.ly/en_contact-us
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