Prelude To Chemistry. An Outline of Alchemy, Its Literature and Relationships.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First US Edition. Hardcover, Octavo, xxiv + 328 pp, Original brown textured cloth boards with red titling. Illustrations. Color frontis. A scholarly yet entertaining study of alchemy by John Read (1884–1963), a renowned researcher with a longtime interest in the history of chemistry and alchemy. Contents include: An Outline of Alchemy: The Literature of Alchemy: the Philosopher's Stone: The Golden Tripod: The Mighty King: Musical Alchemist: The Garden of Hermes, Appendix: The Music in Atalanta Fugiens, Glossary, Bibliography and Notes, Index. Spine and edges of boards a little darkened, some uneven toning to first and last few leaves, a few spots of browning to the magins of the frontispiece, otherwise a tight, clean, VG+ copy in a better-than VG example of the scarce dust jacket (the spine of the jacket is somewhat darkened, some rubbing at the edges and folds, general modest shelf-wear, light chipping and rubbing around the edges, a couple of closed tears. Price-clipped, now protected by a removable mylar sleeve). Item #67407
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