A Commentary on the Mutus Liber by Adam McLean
$150.00
A Commentary on the Mutus Liber by Adam McLean, published in 1991. A detailed interpretive study of the Mutus Liber, the celebrated seventeenth-century alchemical picture book whose sequence of enigmatic engravings presents the alchemical process through image rather than text. McLean offers a careful symbolic and philosophical analysis of the plates, exploring their Hermetic, spiritual, and practical dimensions while situating the work within the broader tradition of emblematic alchemical literature. The commentary provides valuable guidance for understanding the visual language of alchemy and the inner processes of transformation it was intended to convey. Highly regarded among students and collectors of alchemical literature, this volume is an essential companion to the Mutus Liber itself. Hardcover with gilt lettering, near fine. Publisher’s prospectus laid in.
