Handwritten "SEON." centered at the very top edge of the page.
An elaborate engraved title border featuring architectural elements and allegorical figures.
At the top center, a portrait of Michael Maier is set within an arched alcove; he is depicted with a beard and ruff collar, holding a mathematical or alchemical instrument.
The side panels feature six figures representing the planets and their corresponding metals, each identified by its astrological symbol:
- Top left: Mercury (☿), depicted with a caduceus, winged hat (petasos), and winged sandals.
- Middle left: Saturn (♄), shown as an old man with a scythe.
- Lower left: Jupiter (♃), shown as a king with a scepter and an eagle.
- Bottom left: Venus (♀), shown as a nude woman holding a flaming heart and a spear.
- Top right: Sol (☉), shown as a king with a radiant sun-face and a scepter.
- Middle right: Luna (☽), shown as a queen with a crescent moon and a spear.
- Bottom right: Mars (♂), shown as a warrior in full armor with a sword and shield.
At the bottom of the page, a landscape engraving depicts a river valley with mountains, a bridge, and a city in the distance, representing the "Mountains of the Planets."
OF MICHAEL MAIER
THE WAYFARER,
that is,
ON THE MOUNTAINS OF THE PLANETS
Seven or of the Metals;
A TREATISE as useful as it is clear,
by which, as with a Mercurial Index at the crossroads, or
the Ariadnean thread in a Labyrinth, or a Cyno-
sure in the immense Ocean of Chymical errors,
any rational person who loves the truth
will be able to use it to investigate the one who has hidden himself in the mountains,
the Red-stone Alexicacus a remedy against poison, desired by all physicians.
O P P E N H E I M
From the printing house of HIERONYMUS GALLER,
At the expense of JOHANN THEODOR de BRY.
M DC XVIII.