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Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum - Paul Ferguson - 09-21-2026
Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum is a rare 1624 alchemical emblem book written by Daniel Stolcius von Stolzenberg and published in Frankfurt by Lucas Jennis.
Author: Daniel Stolcius (a disciple of the alchemist Michael Maier).
Publication Year: 1624 (Frankfurt, printed by Lucas Jennis).
Content: It features over 100 copperplate engravings paired with original Latin poems that explain the symbolic and meditative tradition of alchemy.
Significance: It serves as a major sourcebook for 17th-century hermetic philosophy, reusing several plates from earlier alchemical works by Maier, Lambspring, and Basil Valentin
Text and illustrations here:
https://www.shishigami.com/lexicon/content/viridarium.html
and here:
https://www.scribd.com/document/142165021/XVII-sec-STOLCIUS-von-STOLCENBERG-Viridarium-Chymicum-Figuris-Cupro-Incisis-1624