Catalogue Entry: ALCH00021

Abstracts of five works by Michael Maier (early 1690s).

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Not yet dated, in Latin , c. 50,000 words, 88 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 32, King's College, Cambridge, UK

[Normalized Text (at Chymistry of Isaac Newton)]

Custodial History

Bought at the Sotheby sale by Gabriel Wells for £34 and sold to Keynes on 8 September 1936 for the sale price plus 10%.

Sotheby Lot

SL43

Contents

On the cover in Thomas Pellet's hand: 'N^o 17'.

a) 'Symbola aureæ mensæ duodecim nationum, Authore Michaele Majero. Dat. Francofurti mense Decemb. 1616. Edit Francofurti 1617. Anno ætatis Majeri 49', including copies by Newton of two of Maier's alchemical emblems, 20 pp.

b) 'Lusus Serius. Authore Mich. Majero Com. Pal. Med. D. Dat. 1616 mense Septembri', 4 pp.

c) 'Atalanta fugiens, hoc est Emblemata nova &c. Dat Francofurti mens. Aug. 1617. Edit 1618', 24 pp.

d) 'Viatorium, hoc est De montibus Planetarum septem. Datum Francofurti ad Mœn. 1618. mense Septembri. Edit Rothomagi 1651', 16 pp.

e) 'Septimana Philosophica. Dat. Magdeburgi Anno 1620, Ian. 11 styl. vet.', 24 pp.

Related Material

See Westfall, Never at Rest, 524, and H1044, 1046, 1048 and 1052.