About this title: Alchemy-the word itself conjures up images of charlatans mixing potions and concocting remedies during the Middle Ages in a futile quest to transform lead into gold. But the roots of alchemy can be traced back more than 2,500 years to locales as disparate as Egypt, India, and China, and it was considered serious science until as recently as the 16th century. In this highly regarded volume first published in 1888, Arthur E. Waite examines the lives and works of more than fifty alchemists, from the year 850 through the end of the 18th century. Readers will learn about such renowned figures as ...
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Description: Rudolf Steiner Publications, Blauvelt, NY, 1970; Paperback; 318pp; Clear tape reinforcing spine, old price label with black mark on front cover, minor foxing to a few pages, else pages clean & tight, Good+ condition. Describes the theory & practice of alchemy through the ages, often letting the alchemists speak for themselves. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing PB
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Steiner Books
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780833417046ISBN:0833417045
Description: Near Fine/Fine. No Jacket Issued. Book as New-/Near Fine/Fine: slightest yellowing from aging, as expected. USPS Delivery Confirmation included. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Publications., Blauvelt, New York.
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good jacket. Octavo (8.5in x 5.75in) red cloth with gilt titling to spine. 315pp, followed by 4pp illustrations. Name to endpaper, else a bright and clean copy in Vg+ condition in a dustwrapper that is lightly worn and is near vg. read more
Edition: First edition. First Steiner paperback ed.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Publications, Blauvelt, NY
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Steinerbooks
Date Published: 1988
Description: VG+ Softcover 315 pp. with an appendix and an alphabetical catalogue of works on hermetic philosophy and alchemy. A well researched volume which describes the theory and practics of alchemy. Lives of famous alchemistal philosophers from the year 850 to the close of the 18th century with over 50 biographies. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Publications, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good. No Jacket. Some shelf wear to the covers. Water stain on the back of the book, but doesn't go through to the pages. Creasing on the spine. Book store stamp on the title page. Copy is clean and tight. read more
Description: PB, 315p., Decent reading copy, would be VG but is a bit warped, light musty smell, paper 10 out of 10 for whiteness, tight square, light edge wear, pencil ft. e.p. No rips or folds. Illustrated. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781564594570ISBN:1564594572
Description: New. Lives of the Famous Alchemistical Philosophers from the year 850 to the close of the 18th century, together with a Study of the Principles and Practice of Alchemy, including a Bibliography of Alchemical and Hermetic Philosophy. Illustrated by a serie... read more
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