THE COMPOUND OF ALCHYMY: The Ancient Hidden Art of Alchemie; Conteining the ... meanes to make the Philosophers Stone ... first written by ... G. Ripley ... Whereunto is adjoyned his Epistle to the King ... & other his workes never before published; with certaine briefe additions ... set foorth by R. Rabbards, etc.
Amsterdam/Norwood, NJ: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1977. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH COPY. Facsimile reprint of the first edition published London by T. Orwin in 1591. Ripley illuminates the Twelve Gates. Illustrated by Ripley's "Wheele", and numerous head and tail pieces. Unpaginated. Octavo.