Atalanta fugiens, hoc est, emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica, accommodata partim oculis & intellectui, figuris cupro incisis, adiectisque sententiis, epigrammatis & notis, partim auribus & recreationi animi plus minus 50 fugis musicalibus trium vocum, quarum duae ad unam simplicem melodiam distichis canendis peraptam, correspondeant, non absque singulari iucunditate videnda, legenda, meditanda, intelligenda, diiudicanda, canenda & audienda
Atalanta fugiens is a 1617 alchemical emblem book by Michael Maier, printed at Oppenheim by Hieronymus Galler for Johann Theodor de Bry, combining engraved emblems, Latin epigrams and musical fugues for scholarly readers. Its plates are small engraved scenes of mythological figures in landscapes, such as a woman with a crescent moon, a fallen hunter beside a boar, and a figure pouring from a vessel, giving designers compact allegorical compositions framed by text blocks.
