Saturday, February 4, 2017

Dress Like An Alchemist 13

From the Zurich Aurora Consurgens. You can also find these images in the Dress Like An Alchemist Flickr album.














Dress Like An Alchemist 12

From the Ripley Scroll (via Berkeley). You can also find these images in the Dress Like An Alchemist Flickr album.









Dress Like an Alchemist 11

From the Splendor Solis in the British Museum. You can also find this image in the Dress Like An Alchemist Flickr album.


Dress Like an Alchemist 10

An alchemist, after an engraving by or after Pieter Bruegel, the elder. L0017680 Credit: Wellcome Library, London

You can also find these images in the Dress Like An Alchemist Flickr album.


Details:





Dress Like an Alchemist 9

An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger. L0016065 Credit: Wellcome Library, London.

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Dress Like an Alchemist 8

An alchemist making gold. Oil painting by Hendrik Heerschop, 1665. L0015579 Credit: Wellcome Library, London

You can also find this image in the Dress Like An Alchemist Flickr album.




Dress Like an Alchemist 7

Title: La toyson d'or = The Golden Fleece
Author: Salomon Trismosin (Wikipedia: Splendor Solis)
Edition: 1612
Online Source: Hathi Trust

The frontispiece plus two addition portraits (here and here).




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Dress Like an Alchemist 6

Title: De distillatione = About Distillation
Author: Giambattista Della Porta (Wikipedia)
Edition: 1608
Online Source: Hathi Trust

This portrait of Della Porta appears at the front of the book, and you will also find this image at the Dress Like an Alchemist Flickr album.


Dress Like an Alchemist 5

These items come from the Biographical Emblems in the Hermetico-Spagyrisches Lustgärtlein = Hermetico-Spagyrical Pleasure Garden of 1625. See this post for more details.













Biographical Emblems

From the Hermetico-Spagyrisches Lustgärtlein = Hermetico-Spagyrical Pleasure Garden of 1625. See this blog post for more info.


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