Daniel Stolz von Stolzenberg (Daniel Stolcius) (1600–1660) was a

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

n physician and writer on

alchemy Alchemy (from Arabic: ''al-kīmiyā''; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, ''khumeía'') is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in China, India, the Muslim world, ...

, a pupil of Michael Maier in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

His name is often given as 'von Stolcenberg', i.e. from Stolzenberg, or 'von Stolcenbeerg'. He is known for his 1624 emblem book ''Viridarium Chymicum'', a significant antholog

with sources in previous collections. It was followed in 1627 by the ''Hortulus Hermeticus''.''Stolcius, who studied at Oxford after fleeing from Bohemia in 1620, dedicated The Hermetic Garden to hilipHainhofer, who was described as counsellor to the Duke of Pomerania.'' Ron Heisler

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Adam McLean Adam McLean (born 7 March 1948 in Glasgow) is a Scottish writer on alchemical texts and symbolism. In 1978 he founded the ''Hermetic Journal'' which he published until 1992 during which time he also started publishing the ''Magnum Opus Hermetic ...

(editor), Patricia Tahil (translator) (1980) ''The Hermetic Garden of Daniel Stolcius''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stolz, Daniel 1600 births 1660 deaths Czech alchemists 17th-century Bohemian physicians Czech non-fiction writers 17th-century alchemists Physicians from Prague