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b. 1560 - d. 1605

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  • Khunrath - Alchemy Chart or Alchemist Kabbalist Scheme
    Jul. 06, 2024

    Khunrath - Alchemy Chart or Alchemist Kabbalist Scheme

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This engraving is from Heinrich Khunrath's Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae solius verae, Christiano-Kabalisticum, divino-magicum, nec non physico-chymicum, tertriunum, catholicon. The work was published in Hanover by Guilelmus Antonius in 1609. It was first published in 1595, with this edition edited by Erasma Wohlfahrt. The circular engravings from the work were completed by Paulus van der Doort. The work is "one of the most important books in the whole literature of theosophical alchemy and the occult sciences." (Duveen) His treatise combined Christianity and magic, spirituality and experiment. Heinrich Khunrath (1560-1605) was a German physician, hermetic philosopher, and alchemist. He was a disciple of Paracelsus. He studied medicine in Dresden, Magdeburg, and Hamburg. He persued a Christianized natural magic rooted in his Lutheran beliefs.

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  • Khunrath - Alchemist with his tools in his Scientific Lab / Room
    Jul. 06, 2024

    Khunrath - Alchemist with his tools in his Scientific Lab / Room

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This engraving is from Heinrich Khunrath's Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae solius verae, Christiano-Kabalisticum, divino-magicum, nec non physico-chymicum, tertriunum, catholicon. The work was published in Hanover by Guilelmus Antonius in 1609. It was first published in 1595, with this edition edited by Erasma Wohlfahrt. The circular engravings from the work were completed by Paulus van der Doort. The work is "one of the most important books in the whole literature of theosophical alchemy and the occult sciences." (Duveen) His treatise combined Christianity and magic, spirituality and experiment. Heinrich Khunrath (1560-1605) was a German physician, hermetic philosopher, and alchemist. He was a disciple of Paracelsus. He studied medicine in Dresden, Magdeburg, and Hamburg. He persued a Christianized natural magic rooted in his Lutheran beliefs.

    Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books
  • Khunrath - Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary ancient Egyptian sage (Mercurius Trismegistus in Pimandro)
    Jul. 06, 2024

    Khunrath - Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary ancient Egyptian sage (Mercurius Trismegistus in Pimandro)

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This engraving is from Heinrich Khunrath's Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae solius verae, Christiano-Kabalisticum, divino-magicum, nec non physico-chymicum, tertriunum, catholicon. The work was published in Hanover by Guilelmus Antonius in 1609. It was first published in 1595, with this edition edited by Erasma Wohlfahrt. The circular engravings from the work were completed by Paulus van der Doort. The work is "one of the most important books in the whole literature of theosophical alchemy and the occult sciences." (Duveen) His treatise combined Christianity and magic, spirituality and experiment. Heinrich Khunrath (1560-1605) was a German physician, hermetic philosopher, and alchemist. He was a disciple of Paracelsus. He studied medicine in Dresden, Magdeburg, and Hamburg. He persued a Christianized natural magic rooted in his Lutheran beliefs.

    Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books
  • KHUNRATH, Heinrich (c.1560-1605) Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae solius
    Jul. 13, 2022

    KHUNRATH, Heinrich (c.1560-1605) Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae solius

    Est: £7,000 - £10,000

    KHUNRATH, Heinrich (c.1560-1605) Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae solius verae, christiano-kabalistum,...

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  • HEINRICH KHUNRATH (1560-1605)
    Oct. 08, 2015

    HEINRICH KHUNRATH (1560-1605)

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    HEINRICH KHUNRATH (1560-1605) Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae Solius Verae, Christiano-Kabalistum, Divino Magicum, Physico Chymicum. Hanover: Guilelmus Antonius, 1609. 2° (297 x 192mm). Engraved portrait and title, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 9 double-page plates, 2 double-page tables, all mounted. (Lacking small plate of an owl, first leaves including portrait and title heavily browned and remargined together with one other plate, some occasional lighter browning, ink drawing on verso of S4.) Modern vellum in period style (joints splitting). An extended version of Khunrath’s treatise of which a shorter form first appeared in 1595. The privilege in this edition is dated 1598 but most plates are dated 1602. Several different issues of the text were printed at the time and some have a letterpress title with a Magdeburg imprint of 1608 and 1609, or a Frankfurt later imprint of 1653. Khunrath, a doctor by profession and a follower of Paracelsus, was a famous alchemist and kabalist; this treatise was condemned by the Sorbonne in 1625 for its heretical and impious nature. Brunet III, 658; Caillet 5747; Ferguson I, 463; Mellon 62; VD17 1:078059R; Wellcome I, 3560.

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