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Nicholas Flamel's Hieroglyphical Key (OUROBOROS PRESS)
An explication of Alchemical Figures
By Nicholas Flamel
Book design by William Kiesel
Sewn hard-cover in letterpress dust jacket
120 pages, woodcuts ( small 8vo ) 4.25” x 7”
- Emblem book of Alchemical Art
- Two Additional Texts Included
- Quality bookmaking for beauty and longevity
Emblem books were the height of book arts produced during the Renaissance by Hermetic Philosophers. The Hieroglyphical Key describes a rare alchemical book by Abraham the Jew wherein the Great Secret was revealed to Flamel and his wife Pernelle. Using symbolic emblems as a means of explanation, Flamel unveils the details of the Great Work.
Nicholas Flamel’s Hieroglyphical Key is offered with two additional texts; Summary of Philosophy and his, Testament. The quality of the emblematic engravings in the Ouroboros Press edition is exquisite and is reproduced in crisp offset printing.
An Alchemical Emblem Book by the Famous French Alchemist who discovered the Philosopher’s Stone
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