I002 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHEMISTRY. 



Lux LUCENS IN TENEBRis. See Aureum Vellus ; also R[ichebourg], J. M. D. 

 Lydgate, John. See Ashmole, E.: Theatrum chemiciim Britannicum. 

 Madathanus, Henricus. See Musneum hermeticum ; also Grasshof, Johann. 



* Magazin fur die hohere Naturwissenschaft und Chemie. Tubin- 

 gen, bey Jacob Friedrich Heerbrandt, 1784. 



Magistery, The. See Ashmole, E'. : Theatrum chemicum Britannicum. 



Maier, Michael. See Musseum hermeticum. 



Maier, Michael. 



* Arcana arcanissima, hoc est Hieroglyphica ^gyptio-Graeca vulgo 



necdum cognita, ad demonstrandam falsorum apud antiques 

 deorum, dearum, heroum, animantium et institutorum pro sacris 

 receptorum, originem, ex uno yEgyptiorum artificio, quod aureum 

 animi et corporis medicamentum peregit, deductam, unde tot 

 poetarum allegoriae scriptorum narrationes fabulosse et per totam 

 encyclopaediam errores sparsi clarissima veritatis luce manifestan- 

 tur, suoeque tribui singula restituuntur, sex libris exposita. «. /., 

 ti. d. [London, 1614]. pp. [xii]-285-[xiv], 4to. Illustrated title- 

 page. 



The author was physician to Rudolph II., Emperor of Germany. His 



mystical and well illustrated works are much sought by bibliophiles. 



He gave an alchemical interpretation to Greek and Roman mythology. 

 Lenglet Du Fresnoy says of this : " Tres rare, tres curieux, et recherche des 



amateurs." 



* Atalanta fugiens, hoc est Emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica, 



accommodata partim oculis et intellectui, figuris cupro incisis, ad- 

 jectisque sententiis, epigrammatis et notis, partim auribus et recrea- 

 tion! animi plus minus 50 fugis musicalibus trium vocum, quarum 

 duse ad unam simplicem melodiam distichis canendis peraptam 

 correspondeant, non absque singulari jucunditate videnda, legenda, 

 meditanda, intelligenda, dijudicanda, canenda et audienda. Oppen- 

 heimii, ex typographia Hieronimi Galleri, sumptibus Joh. Theodore 

 de Bry, 1618. pp. 2ii-[iii], 4to. 111. 



The Atalanta fugiens was republished in 16S7, but without the music, 

 under the title " Scrutinium chymicum," q. v. 



* Cantilenae intellectuales de phoenice redivivo ; ou chansons intellectu- 



elles sur la resurrection du Phenix. Traduites en Francois sur 

 I'original Latin par M. L. L. M. A Paris, chez Debure I'aine, Quai 

 des Augustins, a I'lmage S. Paul, 1758. Avec approbation et 

 privilege du Roi. pp. [viii]-i29, i6mo. 



The preface is dated 1622. Printed in Latin and French on opposite pages. 



