AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry. Vol. V, Numbers 1 & 2. October 1953.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto journal. Original printed wrappers. 56 pp. Ambix is the beautifully-produced journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC). "Founded in 1937, SHAC has consistently maintained the highest standards of scholarship in all aspects of the history of alchemy and chemistry from early times to the present." Articles: The Antiquity of Alchemy by H.E. Stapleton; Johannes Banfi Hunyades by F. Sherwood Taylor and C.H. Josten. REVIEWS: A Sourcebook in Chemistry 1400-1900 by Henry M. Leicester and Herbert S. Klickstein; Union Academique Internationale. Katalog der Arabischen Alchimistischen Handschriften Deutschlands. Bearbeitet von Alfred Siggel; Arabisch-Deutsches Worterbuch der Stoffe aus den drei Naturreichen die in Arabischen alchemistischen Handschriften vorkommen by Alfred Siggel; Decknamen in der Arabischen Alchimistischen Literatur by Alfred Siggel; Dizionario di Alchimia e di Chimica Angiquaria by Gino Testi. Fine condition. Item #34646
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