Michael (1696) Maier

Lot 214: MAIER, MICHAEL.

Name: MAIER, MICHAEL.
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: bfnulccgtp

Est: £800 GBP - £1,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 20, 2003

Item Overview

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Viatorium; hoc est, De montibus planetarum septem, seu metallorum. Rouen: for Jean Berthelin, 1651

8vo (165 x 100mm.), additional engraved title-page, woodcut vignette on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 7 engraved illustrations, contemporary vellum, some early annotations, occasional light staining, upper cover worn at edges

Artist or Maker

Michael (1696) Maier

Literature

Caillet 7006; Duveen 383

Provenance

Supreme Council 33, bookplate

Notes

Second edition of a classic alchemical and emblematic work concerning the seven metals and the planets supposed to correspond to them, which are represented on the engraved title-page.

Viatorium was first published by De Bry in Oppenheim in 1618, an appropriate imprint for Maier's Rosicrucian writings.

Auction Details

Witchcraft and the Occult: Selected Books from the Collection of the late Robert Lenkiewicz

Sotheby's

November 20, 2003, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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