The Chemical Wedding by Christian Rosencreutz: A Romance in Eight Days by Andreae, Johann Valentin

Paperback / softback. New. A new edition celebrating the 400th anniversary of one of the most outlandish stories in Western literature. With new illustrations.

Small Beer Press, 2016. Hardcover. New. Hardcover New Very nice new publication financed with the help of a Kickstarter campaign Praise for John Crowley: "Like a magus, John Crowley shares his secrets generously, allowing us to believe that his book is revealing the true and glorious nature of the world and the reader's own place within it"-Village Voice "[Crowley] transforms the lead of daily life into seriously dazzling artistic gold"-Newsday Often described as an alchemical allegory, John Crowley instead decided this is "the first science fiction novel" After all "it's fiction; it's about the possibilities of a science; and it's a novel" No matter what else it might be, it's definitely "one of the great outlandish stories in Western literature" With eight appropriately weird and fascinating black and white woodcuts by Theo Fadel John Crowley was born in Presque Isle, Maine, in 1942 He moved to New York City after college in Indiana to make movies, and did find work in documentary films, an… Read More

Signed by author, illustrator, and designer.
A new edition printed in two colors celebrating the 400th anniversary of one of the most outlandish stories in Western literature. Illustrated throughout.
Signed on a two-color tipped in page by the author John Crowley, the illustrator Theo Fadel, and the designer Jacob McMurray.
Accompanied by an exclusive woodcut hand printed, signed, and numbered in her studio by Theo Fadel.
Presented in a black cloth slipcase stamped with gold foil titles.
Smyth sewn in oatmeal linen with black and red foil stamped cover designed by Jacob McMurray and including an illustration by Theo Fadel. Printed in black and red ink on a beautiful 70# Finch Opaque Vanilla paper with black endpapers and a black ribbon.