Splendor solis : tratado de alquimia. - Trismosin, Salomon; Trismosin, Salomon; Poysel, Ulrich; García Avilés, Alejandro; Bibliothèque nationale de France (Valencia, Spain : Patrimonio Ediciones, 2009)
Facsimile edition of a 1577 manuscript of Splendor solis, a 16th-century alchemical work in seven parts that addresses the secret of the philosopher's stone, a legendary substance that supposedly could turn all metals into gold or create an elixir of long life. Traditionally attributed to alchemist Salomon Trismosin, the attribution -- and the existence of Salomon Trismosin -- have been questioned by some modern scholars; an alternative attribution to Ulrich Poysel has been proposed. The original manuscript was produced in southern Germany; belonged for a time to the Schönfeldsches Museum der Technologie in Wehlheiden (now part of Kassel); and, since 1860, has been housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France under the shelfmark Allemand 113.
Princeton copy is numbered 139.
Text in German; notary sheet in Spanish.
Description of title, edition, and publication information from the notary sheet pasted to the facsimile's rear endpaper.
Edition limited to 999 copies numbered from 1 through 999, plus 69 copies not for sale that are numbered in red ink.
"Depósito legal: V-1616-2009."--Notary sheet.
Keywords: Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Alchemy in art; Manuscripts, German -- France -- Paris -- Facsimiles; Manuscripts, Renaissance -- France -- Paris -- Facsimiles; Illumination of books and manuscripts, German -- 16th century; Illumination of books and manuscripts, German -- Germany, Southern; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance -- Germany, Southern; Alchemy; Alchemy in art; Illumination of books and manuscripts, German; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance; Manuscripts, German; Manuscripts, Renaissance; France -- Paris; Southern Germany; 1500 - 1599; Early works; Facsimiles