Mutus Liber
- Book ID:
- 8340
- Title:
- Mutus Liber
- Subtitle:
- Initiation
- Author:
- 'Leguay, Jean-Luc'
- ISBN number:
- 9782844546401
- Publisher name:
- Editions Dervy
- Place of publication:
- Paris
- Edition number:
- 1st
- Book type:
- Hardback
- First edition date:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 144
- Dewey decimal number:
- 135.4 LEG O/S
- Dust jacket:
- No
- Language:
- English and French
- Photographs:
- No
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Bibliography:
- No
- Height (cm):
- 31
- Width (cm):
- 25
- Notes:
The Mute or Silent Book of Alchemy. Originally published in 1677. A key alchemical text.
A series of colour plates,which the artist describes as "illuminations".
The Museum has a print from this book in its collection showing an alchemist and his assistant collecting dew on sheets in May (the springtime signs of the Zodiac appear in this image as the ram (Aries) and the bull (Taurus) in the background). See object number 464.
https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/object/print-4/
