Musaeum Hermeticum ("Hermetic library") is a compendium of alchemical texts first published in German, in Frankfurt, 1625 by Lucas Jennis.See German Wikipedia, Lucas Jennis Additional material was added for the 1678 Latin edition, which in turn was reprinted in 1749.
Purpose Its purpose was apparently to supply in a compact form a representative collection of relatively brief and less ancient alchemical writings; it could be regarded as a supplement to those large storehouses of Hermetic learning such as the Theatrum Chemicum, or Jean-Jacques Manget's Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa. It seemed to represent a distinctive school in Alchemy, less committed to the past and less obscure than the works of older and more traditional alchemical masters.
Title The full Latin title is: ". Jennis"
Content
First edition (1625) The first edition contained: The Remonstrances of Nature ascribed to Jean de Meung The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine Subtle Allegory (Michael Maier) Three Treatise of Philalethes The Book of Alze Open Entrance to the Closed Palace - Philalethes A Tract of Great Price The Only True Way The Testament of Cremer The Glory of the World The Waterstone of the Wise The Golden Tract concerning the Philosopher's Stone
The illustrated book contains 445 + 35 pages.
1678 edition The 1678 edition is 863 pages long, and includes:
References
External links
Musaeum hermeticum etc. (1625 German edition)l Musaeum hermeticum etc. (1678 Latin edition) Musaeum hermeticum etc. (1678 Latin edition) Musaeum Hermeticum etc. (English translation at "The Alchemy Website") The Hermetic Museum, restored and enlarged (English A. E. Waite edition, 1898) The Hermetic Museum, restored and enlarged Vol I (of II) (A scanned UMI copy of volume one from the Cecil H. Green Library at Stanford, published in 1893 introduction written by A.E. Waite, the translator of the original texts is anonymous)