Postcard - ‘On the left Ceres, th egoddess of agriculture.'
Emblem 35/50: On the left Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, nurses the Philosophers’ Stone. Once mature, the Stone must be hardened in the fire, as is shown on the right. Michael Maier (1568-1622) describes phases of the alchemical process in Atalanta fugiens, 1618. Engraving by Mattheus Merian sr (1593-1650), 8,5x9,5 cm | © EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection
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There is a brief explanation of the image on the reverse of the card.
Size: 105x150 mm
© EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection