On the True Origin of the Rosicrucians and the Order of Freemasons

Hyleal, i.e., Prime-material, Catholic Chaos of Alchemy; in octavo. A miserable scrawl that was reissued in 1615. His rarest work: Amphitheatrum Sapientiae aeternae, solius, verae; Christiano-Kabbalisticum, Divino-Magicum, Physico-Chymicum, Tertrinum Catholicum Amphitheater of the eternal, sole, true Wisdom; Christian-Kabbalistic, Divine-Magical, Physical-Chemical, Triune Catholic, Hanau, 1609, folio with figures, full of kabbalistic dreams, has often been paid for dearly. If a copy is to be complete, two copperplate engravings must appear right at the beginning with the bust of the author, and various emblemata emblems. Then follows the imperial privilege, issued in Prague in 1598, a dedication from 1604, a preface to the reader, various poems, a prologus prologue, and the table of contents of the seven books (totaling 60 pages), which the text follows. Then come the interpretationes interpretations and annotationes annotations of H. Khunrath, which contain 222 pages. The work ends with a single leaf containing an exhortation to the reader. At the end: Hanoviae excudebat Guilielmus Antonius M.DC.IX. Printed in Hanau by Guilielmus Antonius, 1609. The nine copperplate engravings of this book are each engraved on one sheet, and...