At auction: Mysterium Magnum

[Paul Ferguson]

"MYSTERIUM MAGNUM. Illustrated alchemical manuscript of Rosicrucian origin on the "Mysterium Magnum Studium Universale," folio (335 x 220 mm), 18 leaves: 2 pp half-title sheet, "Theosophia F.R.R.R. Ros. Cruc."; 17 pp hand-colored illustrated text, "Mysterium Magnum"; 7 pp "Exlicatio" with hand-colored illustration in text, text in German, with Latin, 18th-century. Loose, loss to margins of leaves, sometimes affecting text, repairs filled-in. Housed in a custom cloth folding chemise, and case. Provenance: "Budafalvi Vermes Lorant" (stamped to first and last leaf)."


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