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Atalanta fugiens

durch wohl ersonnene sinnreiche Kupfferstiche und Emblemata ... aber zum ersten mahl in das Hochteutsche ©·ubersetzet ist

Also known as Michaelis Majeri ... Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum

by Michael Maier, Simon Brandl & Matthaeus Merian

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Languages: English, German, Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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First published under title: Atalanta fugiens (Oppenheimii : Ex typographia Hieronymi Galleri : Sumptibus Joh. Theodori de Bry, 1618). Plates by M. Merian. Cf. de Jong Half title: Michaelis Majeri, Secreta naturae chymica, nova plane subtilique methodo indagata Divided into 50 Emblemata, each consisting of motto, etched ill., Epigramma, and Discursus Last 2 p. blank Woodcut tailpieces Hogart, R. Alchemy de Jong, H.M.E. Atalanta fugiens

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from dnb, internet-archive, k10plus, and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemie” and “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description, “Alchemie” in the subject metadata, and “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Alchemie”· via German National Library
    • “Alchemy”· via Internet Archive
    • “Alchemie”· via K10plus Union Catalog
    • “Alchemy”· via Open Library
    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Alchemie”· in subject

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herausgegeben und übersetzt von Simon Brandl

German National Library bibliographic record

24 cm; Band 39; Episteme in Bewegung; Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele; Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 690-706; VIII, 706 Seiten

2025Harrassowitz VerlagGerman, Latin
  • 9783447123709
  • 3447123702
Catalog record

Michaelis Majeri ... Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1687-01-01T00:00:00ZFrancofurti: Impensis Georgii Heinrici Oehrlingii ... : Typo Johannis Philippi AndreaeLatin—Public digitized item

Michaelis Majeri, Imperial. Consistor. Comit. ... Chymisches Cabinet, derer grossen Geheimnussen der Natur

1708Verlegts Georg Heinrich Oehrling——Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Sloan Foundation
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 7 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
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openlibrary-work:OL3385149W
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