Glasgow: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1980. Daniel Cramer's Emblems were issued in 1617 during the height of Rosicrucian publishing under the title 'The True Society of Jesus and the Rose Cross'. The work was published by the well known Rosicrucian publishing house of Lucas Jennis of Frankfurt. The 40 emblems..... More
Glasgow: 1984. The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz is well known as the major piece of early Rosicrucian writing. It is in the form of an allegorical romance, with a well-paced plot that captures the interest of the reader, and through the medium of allegory, conveys the essential esoteric philosophy..... More
Glasgow: Magnum Opus Source Works, 2008. First printing. The Solidonius series of eighteen watercolour emblems is an obscure alchemical work existing in at least sixteen manuscripts. It dates back to 1541, but the early version was rediscovered and reworked during the 18th century revival of interest in alchemical works in..... More
Grand Rapids: Phanes, 1989. First edition. 142 pages. More
Glasgow: 2011. This present volume brings together 546 of these coloured images from 34 series and is an amazing source book on the imagery of alchemical sequences. I first became aware of alchemical symbolism in the 1960's. At that time little source material was accessible to me apart from illustrations..... More
Glasgow: 2011. A selection of 104 coloured emblems from the 16th to 19th centuries on astrological, astronomical and cosmological themes. It includes sections on Astrologers and Astronomers, the Armillary sphere, Cosmology, the Zodiac, Constellations, the Planetary Spheres, the Planets, Comets, Eclipses, the Zodiacal Man and Lunar Phases. 72 pages. More
Glasgow: 2000. This is an edition of the well known Book of Lambspring which first appeared in manuscript during the latter half of the 16th century, but which was made widely available in Michael Maier's Tripus Aureus of 1618, and later included in the Musaeum Hermeticum of 1625. The engravings..... More
Glasgow: Blurb, 2011. First edition thus. In the first decade of the sixteenth century Thomas Murner created the first ever educational card game, the Card Game of Logic which was printed as woodcut illustrations in his book Logica Memorativa Chartiludium Logice, sive totius Dialectice memoria, Strasburg, 1509. This was essentially..... More
Edinburgh: Magnum Opus Source Works, 1986. First edition. The Dream of Poliphilus, the Hypnerotomachia, or 'Strife of Love in a Dream' is an elaborate allegory written in the mid-15th century by Francesco Colonna, who is thought to have been a monk. The allegory is in the form of a dream..... More
Glasgow: 1999. This is a large format edition of the Mutus Liber using the engravings from the first edition 1677 of La Rochelle. It is not a reproduction of any other manuscript. The colouring scheme is based entirely McLean's own, but he drew on his extensive study of coloured alchemical..... More
Glasgow: 2011. This late 18th century alchemical allegory has been associated with the Comte de Saint-Germain and also with Cagliostro. Many theories have been advanced about its meaning. It is perhaps best known through Manly Palmer Hall's book Most Holy Trinosophia published in 1933. Many people take this as an..... More
Glasgow: 2011. 63 pages. More
Edinburgh: Hermetic Research Series, 1983. An Exploration of the Archetypal Feminine; 76 pages. More
Glasgow: Blurb, 2011. First edition thus. Alchemy Web Site Art Book Series No. 4; Limited edition signed by Adam Mclean; Original woodblock prints reproduced colored by Adam McLean with an Introduction by him; 34 pages. More