Commentary on the Mutus Liber

by Adam McLean

Book Overview

The fifteen plates of the Mutus Liber the Mute Book, are well known, and this book without words is recognized as a classic of the seventeenthcentury alchemical tradition. Although the engravings seem to outline an alchemical process in detail, their message is not immediately obvious and it really requires a commentary to make it intelligible to the presentday reader. Adam McLean's extensive commentary on this series of engravings reveals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933999909
• ISBN13: 9780933999909
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Phanes Press
• Length: 77 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"