Mutus liber in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica, figuris hieroglyphicis depingitur ter optimo maximo Deo misericordi consecratus, solisque filiis artis dedicatus, authore cujus nomen est Altus.
The title page shows angels descending Jacob's ladder blowing trumpets while Jacob sleeps below. The plates depict the preparation of the Philosopher's Stone.
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| Alternative Title: | Mutus liber in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica, figuris hieroglyphicis depingitur ter optimo maximo Deo misericordi consecratus, solisque filiis artis dedicatus, authore cuius nomen est Altus. |
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| Language: | Latin |
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Rupellae :
apud Petrum Savovret cum Priuilegio Regis
1677
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| Collection: | Bouhéreau |
| Summary: | The title page shows angels descending Jacob's ladder blowing trumpets while Jacob sleeps below. The plates depict the preparation of the Philosopher's Stone. |
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| Item Description: | No annotations. See Jean Flouret's article in F3.a.16. |
| Physical Description: | folio 34 cm 1 unnumbered page, 15 numbered pages of plates, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; |
| Provenance Note: | Written on front pastedown : 'Ex dono Authoris. Bouhéreau'. Written under 'Au Lecteur': 'Author Isaac Baulot'. |
| Binding Note: | Rebacked. Note pasted onto lower back pastedown: Conservation Note 17th century full goat skin binding sewn with dark brown thread on 6 raised hemp cords. Both binding boards are detached. Only fragments of the spine are left. The textblock is severely torn and has missing areas. The textblock was dry cleaned and pulled. Wet processing included wetting in a 1:1 alcohol/water solution, deacidifying with calcium hydroxide (1.5g/1 lt water) and re-sizing with gelatin (7g/10 lt water). The textblock was repaired with French handmade paper, lens tissue, Japanese long fiber paper and wheatstarch paste. French handmade paper and linen flanges were added to the first and the last fly leaves. The text was sewn with dyed linen thread (dark brown) on 6 raised linen cords. The spine was lined with Japanese long fibre paper and linen. Endbands were sewn onto a linen core with the same dyed linen thread. A "one on, two off' hollow was pasted to the spine. The sewing cords were frayed out onto the binding boards under the lifted leather. The corners of the boards were reinforced with linen fibres and wheatstarch paste. The book was rebacked with goat skin, surface dyed to match the original colour. The flanges added to the flyleaves were pasted down under the lifted original pastedown and the original pastedowns were pasted back in place. Work by : Gabriela Grossenbacker July 1997 Delmas Conservation Bindery |
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