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The image shows the inside front cover and facing endpaper of a book. Both pages are covered in a vibrant, multi-colored peacock or snail marbled paper pattern featuring swirls of red, blue, yellow, green, and white. The left side, the pastedown, is framed by a decorative gold-tooled border on red leather. Two bookplates are affixed to the left page.
FROM THE
BOOKS OF
original Latin: "EX LIBRIS"
CHARLES
FILIPPI
H
A circular emblem featuring a white pelican in her piety, feeding her young with blood from her breast, against a blue background. Below the pelican is a small shield with a red cross and four green leaves or flowers. The circle is bordered by the text "HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY". The pelican in her piety is a traditional alchemical and Christian symbol of sacrifice and life-giving spirit.
HERMETIC
PHILOSOPHY
original Latin: "PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA"
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