Hermaphroditisches Sonn- und Monds-Kind, das ist des Sohns deren Philosophen natürlich-übernatürliche Gebährung, Zerstöhrung und Regenerirung oder vorgestellte Theorie und Practic den Stein der Weissen zu suchen und zu machen ...
A German alchemical treatise of 1752, issued by Johann Friedrich Krebs and attributed to L.C.S., presenting the search for the Philosopher's Stone through theory and practice. The four plates are engraved emblems with a sun face, crowned figures, planetary and alchemical symbols, and a cross set within circles and ovals, offering a designer dense, symmetrical roundel compositions with radiating sun motifs and symbol borders.
