Back to main Website 1354.2 Vincentius KOFFSKY. Hermetische Schriften, denen wahren Schülern und Nachfolgern unserer geheimen spagirischen Kunst zum Nuz beschrieben und hinterlassen den 4ten Octobr. Ao. Domini MCCCCLXXVIII. 2 Thle. 8° Nürnberg: bey Johann Adam Stein 1786 Ferguson Young [Illustrations:- 1. Frontispiece woodcut. 130x80mm. A complex symbol constructed from the symbols of Mercury, Sulphur and Salt. At the bottom is "Frater Vincentius Koffskhius. 1478". This is related to item 5 at end of book. 2. p71 Woodcut. 53x40mm. A round-bellied vessel set on a tripod. 3. p74. Woodcut. 144x80mm. At the bottom are the bases of three furnaces. Above is a spherical vessel which is joined in two hemispheres, and which is seen placed in a furnace. 4. p75. Engraving. 139x86mm. Christ is crucified on a tree. A monk collects the blood from a wound in his side. In the background is a temple, shaped like the furnace at the bottom of item 3. The three sections are labelled Mars, Venus and the Sun. 5. p120 Woodcut. 87x82mm. A symbol similar to item 1.]