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Chymisches Cabinet
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The 1708 German work 'Chymisches Cabinet' is the first German translation of Michael Maier's Latin masterpiece 'Atalanta Fugiens' (1617). While the original Latin text has been translated into English (notably by H.M.E. de Jong in 1969 and Joscelyn Godwin in 1989), no English translation of this specific German rendering or edition has been published. Following the provided guidelines, since the English translations are derived from the original Latin and not this German text, this qualifies as a first English translation of the German version.
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Step into the laboratory of Michael Maier, physician to the Holy Roman Emperor, and unlock the geometric secrets of the soul. This seminal work transforms base reality into spiritual gold, guiding readers through a labyrinth of classical myth, 'mortification' of matter, and the squaring of the circle.
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