THROUGH ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY - Read, 1961 - ALCHEMICAL PHILOSOPHER'S STONE CABINET CARDS / PHOTOS with Over 1000 Full-Page Engravings

with Over 1000 Full-Page Engravings and Lithographs

There is some light foxing on the title page

to which was added some extra material from the work of Cornelius Agrippa and Francis Barrett

XVI - The Blasted Tower

and in the library of Thomas Jefferson's library when he bequeathed the set to the Library of Congress

THROUGH ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY - Read, 1961 - ALCHEMICAL PHILOSOPHER'S STONE CABINET CARDS / PHOTOS with Over 1000 Full-Page EngravingsTHROUGH ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY: A PROCESSION OF IDEAS & PERSONALITIES Book Details + Condition: G. Bell and Sons Ltd (London). Hardcover with dust jacket, 1961. 206 pages with Index and illustrations. Measures 7. 5" x 5. 25". As a fairly typical work of alchemical lore, the metaphor must first be understood, but Von Suchten helpfully explains some of the basic chemical processes used in layman's terms. Contents Include: The Emergence of Alchemy; The