CHEMIE IN DE KUNST.
Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1975. FIRST EDITION. In wraps as issued; binding shows use; VERY GOOD. Well illustrated. Text in Dutch. 69 pages. Tall 4to.
Alchemy & Hermetica
POPE'S DUNCIAD AND THE QUEEN OF NIGHT: A Study in Emotional Jacobitism.
UK: Manchester University Press, 1985. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY. A serious study with one chapter on "The Mystery of the Alchemical King". Frontispiece. 190 pages, indexed. Octavo.
BOOK OF DISTILLATION.
New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1971. A FINE CLOTH COPY. New introduction by Harold J. Abrahams. Twenty four additional pages added to the introduction. Sources of Science Series # 79. [cxx], 276 pages. Tall 4to.
LIBER DE ARTE DISTIL LANDI DE COMPOSITIS; Das Buch der Waren Kunst zu Distillieren.
Leipzig: Unveränderter fotomechanischer [Nachdruck der Originalausgabe, 1512], 1972. Nicely bound in cream linen with pressed titles; A FINE COPY of a scarce edition of the chemical classic published in East Germany. 344 pages. Illustrated. Small folio.
THE PAPYRUS EBERS. [on Ancient Egyptian Medicine]
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1931. FIRST EDITION. Very Good or better cloth volume in chipped dust jacket. Introduction by G. Elliot Smith. Translated from the German. With sixteen illustrations appended, and printed on coat. Famous volume said to be the "oldest book in the world", dating from 1550.....
THE ART OF ALCHEMY: The Generation of Gold; A Course of Practical Lessons in Metallic Transmutation; Being a New Illumination Regarding the Secret Science of the Sages. Four volumes.
Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group [The Alchemical Press], 1990. A FINE SET in custom wraps as issued. Extraordinary study of the symbols of the Kabbalah, sacred Mathematics, Hebraic numerology and mystical Chemistry with a particular emphasis on the symbolism of the Hebrew letters. Four volume set in a protective vinyl slipcase.....
THE ALCHEMIST: The Official Organ of the Glasgow University Alchemists' Club. Volumes 1 to 4 I twenty numbers.
Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 1925-29. Original issues bound in one volume. Spine is sunned, binding firm; internals fine and free of any marking; A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY. Illustrated, including many full page advertisements for books, chemical equipment, local restaurants,, even lab coats. 292 pages. Octavo.
ALCHEMY: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul.
Baltimore: Penguin, 1971. Paper edition; covers lightly rubbed; internals free of marking or defect; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. Translated from the German by William Stoddart. Burckhardt wrote several Traditionalist classics in his time, including "Sacred Art in East and West". 8vo.
MANUEL BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DES SCIENCES PSYCHIQUES OU OCCULTES: Sciences des Mages; Hermetique; Astrologie; Kabbale; Franc-Maconniere; Medicine ancienne; Mesmerisme; Sorcellerie; Singularities; Aberrations de tout ordre Curiosities; Sources Bibliographiques et Documentaires sur ces sujets. Three Volumes.
Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino (1997). A FINE CLOTH SET. Facsimile of the Lucien Dorbon 1912 Edition. 11648 entries. Text in French. V. I: [lxx], 532 pages. V. II: [iv), 534 pages; V. III: (iv), 768 pages. Octavo.
ASPECTS MYSTIQUES DE LA ROME PAIENNE.
Paris: L'Artisan du Livre, 1942. Browning from tape (?) end papers, but no longer in residence or needed as the binding is most firm; A FINE COPY in mostly uncut European wraps. 314 pages. Text in French. Final section of some 100 pages is titled, "L'Hermetisme Africain". Two plates. Small.....
GIORGIONE: Tre Capolavori Alchemici.
Carmagnola: Editzioni Arktos, 1986. A FINE COPY in custom wraps as issued. Three full page plates, and catalogue. Text in Italian. 113 pages. Octavo.
THE ALCHEMISTS.
NY: Grove Press, 1961. In wraps; name on title page; Reading Copy. Well illustrated. Some notes. 192 pages. Small 8vo.
ALCHEMY AND OTHER CHEMICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ANCIENT ORIENT: The Civilization of Japan and China in Early Times as Seen from the Chemical Point of View.
Tokyo: Rakakuho Uchida, 1936. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. In black cloth with titles in red, and a gilt vignette on the front panel; A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY. Cover title: "Oriental Alchemy". Colored frontispiece of Sun Po, with further eleven full page half tone plates. With author's compliments card tipped in.....
ORIENTAL ALCHEMY.
NY: Samuel Weiser, 1974. In wraps; A FINE COPY. 102 pages. Small 8vo.
THE GOLDEN BUILDERS: Alchemists, Rosicrucian's, and the First Free Masons.
York Beach: Red Wheel / Weiser, 2005. Quality trade paper edition; A FINE COPY. Illustrated. [xiv], 250 pages. Octavo.
THE CHYMICAL WEDDING: A Romance.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket. A novel of alchemy and mystery based on Thomas South and his daughter, Mary Anne Atwood. 536 pages. Whitbread Prize Winner. Octavo.
THE CHYMICAL WEDDING: A Romance.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket. A novel of alchemy and mystery based on Thomas South and his daughter, Mary Anne Atwood. 536 pages. With press photo of the author laid in. Whitbread Prize Winner. Octavo.
THE ALCHYMIST'S JOURNAL.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1991. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket. A fictional account (with splendid original alchemical woodcuts) of the journals of seven alchemists, including Paracelsus. Tall 8vo.
CHINESE ALCHEMY: The Taoist Quest for Immortality.
New York: Stirling, 1990. In quality wraps; A FINE COPY. Illustrations & bibliography. 160 pages, indexed. 8vo.
CATALOGUE DES MANUSCRITS ALCHIMIQUE LATINS. I. Manuscrits des bibliotheques publiques de Paris anterieurs au XVIIe siecle.
Brussels: Secretariat Administratif de L.U.A., 1939. In academic wraps as issued; front panel has chip lower right corner, and a taped repair; internals remain unopened; A VERY GOOD COPY. Text in French. 367 pages. Octavo. Scarce.
ALCHEMY: The Philosopher's Stone.
Boulder: Shambhala, 1980. In quality trade wraps; front cover has crease; else, VERY GOOD COPY with a large number of rare alchemical illustrations and plates. Coudert was formerly a Senior Fellow at the Warburg. Quarto. 239 pages. 4to.
EROS AND MAGIC IN THE RENAISSANCE.
University of Chicago Press, 1987. Quality trade paper edition; A FINE COPY. Translated by Margaret Cook Foreword by Mircea Eliade. [xxi], 264 pages. Octavo.
HISTORICAL STUDIES IN THE LANGUAGE OF CHEMISTRY.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1962. FIRST EDITION. Name on fly; internals clean and free of marking; A VERY GOOD = CLOTH VOLUME. With eight plates, and 7 figures. 406 pages, indexed. Octavo.
THE ALCHEMISTS: Fathers of Practical Chemistry.
New York: David McKay, 1966. A FINE CLOTH COPY IN DUST JACKET. Illustrated by Tashiro. 146 pages. Octavo.
CHYMIA: Annual Studies in the History of Chemistry. First Four Volumes.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1948-53. A VERY GOOD+ SET of cloth volumes without marking or defect, and representing some of the best research and writing to be found in the subject. Two of the volumes have a stamp on front free end paper, but no evidence of general circulation.....
