Theatre of terrestrial astronomy, printed Hamburg 1676

The 'Theatre of terrestrial astronomy' was printed in Hamburg in 1676. It contained a series of 16 woodcut emblems. The text was in Latin but is now available widely in an English translation.
The book is usually assigned to the late 16th-century magician and alchemist Edward Kelly (1555-1595), though this remains uncertain.
In 2004 Adam McLean made coloured versions of these emblems, which are used here together with his descriptive commentary.
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Adam McLean has created a number of study courses on alchemical symbolism in the form of books and downloadable files.
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I also published a translation of this work in my Magnum Opus series
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[@swordsisterr]

Why did you choose to color this piece sir?

[@AdamMcLean]

Back in the 1980s I was trying to draw peoples' attention to alchemical iconography. I found that few people were drawn to black and white engravings and woodcuts. In 1994-5, when I was able to set up the Alchemy web site, I began hand-colouring emblems as I knew this would make them easier for people to appreciate. Over the decades I have coloured about 1500 images and made them accessible to people through my books and study courses. Having extensively studied the coloured drawings in alchemical manuscripts, I adopted a method of colouring that respected this tradition. www.amazon.com/Adam-McLean/e/B06WLJHSF3