Alchemy.- Maier (Michael) Secretioris Naturae Secretorum Scrutinium Chymicum, per Oculis et Intellectui...Emblemata, third edition of Atlanta fugiens, Frankfurt, G.H. Oehrlingus, 1687.

Alchemy.- Maier (Michael) Secretioris Naturae Secretorum Scrutinium Chymicum, per Oculis et Intellectui...Emblemata, second edition of Atlanta fugiens, half-title, 50 engraved half-page illustrations by Merian, some foxing and marginal staining, small leather book-label of Haven O'More, contemporary vellum, rebacked, [Landwehr, German 412; Praz p.410; Duveen p.384], 4to, Frankfurt, G.H. Oehrlingus, 1687.

⁂ The most famous and important work of emblematic alchemy. Each of its 50 emblems is accompanied by an epigrammatic verse, prose and a musical fugue. It may therefore be considered an early example of multimedia.