Best of
Alchemy

1677

Mutus liber


Isaac Baulot - 1677
    The authorship of the book is uncertain. According to Adam McLean, a renowned authority and scholar of alchemical manuscripts and illustrations, "authorship is assigned to an anonymous figure named 'Altus'-'the high, deep and profound one'."The book consists of a series of 15 enigmatic illustrations depicting the work of alchemists. The book appears to illustrate the nature of the Great Work in a series of step by step instructions.