M0011829: Reproduction of a woodcut of Hermes Trismegistus from Daniel Stolcius' Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum, 1624

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Hermes Trismegistos, from Stolcius, Viridarium Chymicun, 1624

Reproduction of a woodcut of Hermes Trismegistus [Trismegistos] the founder of Hermeticism, which informed alchemy, and has been associated with the Greek god, Hermes, and the Egyptian god, Thoth. The original woodcut is from from Stolcius, Daniel (active 1618): Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum Frankfort : L. Jennis, 1624. Related image: M0011828

April 1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.