num_pages: 42
description: The Mutus Liber (Latin: silent book) is a book of alchemical illustrations first printed in 1677. The authorship of the book is uncertain. According to Adam McLean, a renowned authority and scholar of alchemical manuscripts and illustrations, "authorship is assigned to an anonymous figure named 'Altus'-'the high, deep and profound one'."The book consists of a series of 15 enigmatic illustrations depicting the work of alchemists. The book appears to illustrate the nature of the Great Work in a series of step by step instructions.
language: French
title: Mutus liber