Postcard - ‘Figure 12 from Splendor Solis'
The First Retort of Transformation. A boy uses bellows on a dragon to coax out its forces. Before it can be transformed, the prima materia must first be dissolved.
Figure 12 from Splendor solis, ascribed to Salomon Trismosin. Woodcut from the edition in Aureum vellus oder guldin Schatz und Kunstkammer, Rorschach, 1598. 11,3x13 cm | © EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection
Details
There is a brief explanation of the image on the reverse of the card.
Size: 105x150 mm
© EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection