I originally published this book in 1980 as the third in my Magnum Opus series.
For the first couple of years I individually hand coloured the 67 illustrations that make up the series as there was no possibility of economic printing in colour at that time. Eventually I ceased colouring the images and issued the rest of the edition with uncoloured illustrations. This edition has been out of print for over 15 years though I still have a small number of unissued copies which I may sell some time in the future. The few copies of the coloured version that find their way onto the secondhand market usually are priced at many hundreds of pounds.As I now have a high quality colour printer, I have decided to produce a new edition of this book. A few years ago I made new coloured versions of the emblems, in a more subtle style, taking into account more of the manuscript versions. The text of the book is substantially the same as the 1980 edition, with a few small amendments and corrections. My introduction and commentary has been edited a little to reflect my present style of writing on alchemical matters.
This small limited edition of 100 copies is now sold out. A5 leatherbound hardback. 130 pages. 67 coloured images.
