Hermetic art is despised in our age, Daniel Meisner

“Ars nostro spernitur ævo” ([Hermetic] art is despised in our age)

“Ars nostro spernitur ævo” ([Hermetic] art is despised in our age) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The central figure is an old man, a scholar or artist, walking and carrying on his back a huge basket full of instruments and tools: a compass, a square, a ruler, an ancient astronomical instrument that resembles a cross and that is used to calculate the distance between two celestial bodies, a globe of the Earth, etc.  etc.

Revelations about the mysteries of the tinctures of the seven metals, Jean Brouaut

Revelations about the mysteries of the tinctures of the seven metals

Revelations about the mysteries of the tinctures of the seven metals 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The cover depicts Basil Valentine and Hermes Trismegistus with alchemical and musical instruments; twelve woodcuts within the text that show alembics and various alchemical tools; an engraving by Senlecque with seven emblematic medallions and at the end an alchemical drawing in the form of a shield.