A New Light of Alchemy (deluxe edition) by Michael Sendivogius
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Deluxe 'Arcanum' edition, limited to 77 hand-numbered copies. Handbound in orange goatskin leather by Ludlow Bookbinders. Raised bands and hand-tooling to the spine, with a black leather title inlay. Stamped in black and gold foil on both sides, with a striking alchemical emblem on the front cover, featuring a Latin inscription derived from Rosicrucian manunscripts inspired by Sendivogius, and the alternative Tripus Chimicus Sendivogianus titling.
Endpapers marbled in striking black, orange and gold pattern by Jemma Lewis. Including fourteen duotone illustrations. Text set in Neacademia. Printed in duotone on Munken Pure Rough 100 gsm paper. Double-folded orange and black head & tail bands and an orange silk ribbon. Presented with an orange letterpress bookmark, stamped in gold, and a letterpress broadside featuring a 1763 engraved reproduction of the only genuine portrait of Michael Sendivogius.
Among the numerous early modern books on alchemy none was more popular and influential than Novum Lumen Chymicum, or A New Light of Alchemy by Michael Sendivogius. Consisting of four tracts, published anonymously between 1604 and 1616, it presents one of the most coherent systems of alchemical philosophy ever written, enchanting with its explanatory power and vivid description of the workings of Nature. Its impact was such that it gave rise to an entirely new ‘school’ of alchemy, centred around the Salt-Nitre theory, inspiring generations of Chymists to embark on their own quest for the “Water that wets not the hands.”
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