The Metallic Orchard

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A marbled book cover in shades of magenta, tan, and dark brown. A rectangular white paper label is pasted in the center. In the top left corner of the label, there is a handwritten letter 'A' in ink. In the center of the label is an oval emblem with a blue background. The emblem depicts a golden sun with rays at the top, a white pelican in its piety (feeding its young with its blood) in the center—a traditional symbol of sacrifice and the alchemical stage of multiplication—and a square shield at the base featuring a saltire (X-shaped cross) with four red roses in the quadrants. The words "PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA" are printed in a circular arrangement around the emblem. At the bottom of the label, the name "[Steinbergen]" is handwritten in cursive and enclosed in brackets.

HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY

original Latin: "PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA"