THROUGH ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY - Read, 1961 - ALCHEMICAL PHILOSOPHER'S STONE CABINET CARDS / PHOTOS There is some light foxing

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

Oswald Rae appeared before the Queen of Belgium

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

The boards and binding are solid and tight with little shelfwear

THROUGH ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY - Read, 1961 - ALCHEMICAL PHILOSOPHER'S STONE CABINET CARDS / PHOTOS There is some light foxingTHROUGH 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