Lot 1211 Wilhelm Christoph Kriegsmann. Taaut oder Außlegung der …

Taaut oder Außlegung der chymischen Zeichen, damit die Metallen und andere Sachen von Alters her bemerckt werden. Mit gefalt. Kupfertafel und 2 Textkupfern. Frankfurt, Götz, 1665. 3 Bll., Seiten 3-75 (so komplett), 2 Bll. ("Zusatz zu num. 20. gehörig"). Mod. Ppbd. mit Rückenschild.

Alchemie

Naturwissenschaften – VD17 23:303538K. Ferguson I, 481. Duveen 327 (ohne die beiden Widmungsblätter an Johannes Tackius, die bei unserem Ex. nach dem Titel eingebunden sind). Ferchl 285. - Einzige Ausgabe. - Abhandlung über die auf Hermes Trismegistus fußende alchemistische Terminologie der Metalle. Selten, wie alle Traktate Kriegsmanns. - "He was the author of a number of works, which by their unusual themes give evidence of a certain originality of mind and view" (Ferguson). - Kriegsmann (1633-1679) wurde nach einem Theologiestudium Kammerrat in Darmstadt und Mannheim. "The title that Kriegsmann chose for his second treatise on alchemy, 'Taaut Oder Außlegung der Chymischen Zeichen' (1665), contained the original Phoenician name of Hermes Trismegistus. Based on the assumption that Hermes had invented not just writing in general but the signs still used by alchemists in particular, Kriegsmann argued that these conveyed knowledge regarding the hidden properties of alchemical substances... It is also in Kriegsmann's 'Taaut' that we find the first evidence of his contact with the court of Darmstadt. There, Kriegsmann managed to establish a long-lasting intellectual exchange with a highly learned practitioner of alchemy, Johann Tackius (1617-1676). His senior by twenty-five years, Tackius was both court physician in Darmstadt and university professor in Gießen, where he spent most of his time unless 'court business' called him away." (Mike A. Zuber: Between Alchemy and Pietism: Wilhelm Christoph Kriegsmann's Philological Quest for Ancient Wisdom. In: Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism. Bd. 2, Nr. 1 (2014), S. 67-104, online).Teils stärker gebräunt, zu Beginn leicht, zweite Hälfte stärker wurmstichig. Beim Faltkupfer an zwei Stellen Einrisse geklebt und etw. fleckig.

Natural Sciences – Alchemy. - Treatise on the alchemical terminology of metals based on Hermes Trismegistus. Rare, like all of Kriegsmann's treatises. "He was the author of a number of works, which by their unusual themes give evidence of a certain originality of mind and view" (Ferguson). - After studying theology, Kriegsmann (1633-1679) became a chamberlain in Darmstadt and Mannheim. "The title that Kriegsmann chose for his second treatise on alchemy, 'Taaut Oder Außlegung der Chymischen Zeichen' (1665), contained the original Phoenician name of Hermes Trismegistus. Based on the assumption that Hermes had invented not just writing in general but the signs still used by alchemists in particular, Kriegsmann argued that these conveyed knowledge regarding the hidden properties of alchemical substances... It is also in Kriegsmann's 'Taaut' that we find the first evidence of his contact with the court of Darmstadt. There, Kriegsmann managed to establish a long-lasting intellectual exchange with a highly learned practitioner of alchemy, Johann Tackius (1617-1676). Twenty-five years his senior, Tackius was both court physician in Darmstadt and university professor in Gießen, where he spent most of his time unless 'court business' called him away." (Mike A. Zuber: Between Alchemy and Pietism: Wilhelm Christoph Kriegsmann's Philological Quest for Ancient Wisdom. In: Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism. Vol. 2, No. 1 (2014), pp. 67-104, online). Partially more heavily browned, slightly at the beginning, more heavily worm-eaten in the second half. Two tears glued on the folded copper plate and somewhat stained.

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