{"product_id":"the-imagery-of-the-twelve-adam-mclean-9798300434977","title":"The Imagery of the Twelve Keys: Basil Valentine","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 'Twelve Keys', ascribed to Basil Valentine, was printed under different names and as part of collections of texts. Thus the French versions appeared as \u003ci\u003eLes Douze Clefs\u003c\/i\u003e, and there were versions in German included in \u003ci\u003eVom dem Grosses Stein\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eChymische Schriften\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThe sequence of publications through the 17th into the late 18th century used a number of different woodcut and engraved versions of the imagery of the 'Keys'.\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time all these different versions are printed, together with the text and the later commentary in the 'Last Testament'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBasil Valentine is an anonymous pseudonym of an unidentified late 16th early 17th century author whose birth and death dates date is are unknown.\u003cbr\u003eThe work was first published at Eissleben in Germany in 1599 without the images.\u003cbr\u003eWebsite link https: \/\/www.alchemywebsite.com\/twelve_keys.html\u003cbr\u003eThe introduction and my research into the imagery are under my copyright.\u003cbr\u003eThe Basil Valentine text was originally translated by Arthur Edward Waite [1857-1942] from the 17th century Latin edition, for Waite's \u003ci\u003eHermetic Museum restored and enlarged, \u003c\/i\u003e London, 1893. Waite's translation is now in the public domain.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam McLean, Basil Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798300434977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d","brand":"Adam McLean","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46420574535935,"sku":"9798300434977","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec44e145-25b9-4b9f-99db-f58cd373b5bc.jpg?v=1734635028","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-imagery-of-the-twelve-adam-mclean-9798300434977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}