Alchemy Rediscovered and Restored.
London: Rider & Co., ND [ circa 1941 ]. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 158 pp. Original red cloth with black titling to spine. An unusual study which emphasises the practical, as well as the historical and theoretical aspects of the alchemical tradition. "With an account of the extraction of the seed of metals and the preparation of the medicinal elixir according to the practice of the hermetic Art and of the Alkahest of the Philosopher." Aleister Crowley saw Cockren for various kinds of medical treatments during his "Amrita" experiments in the 1930s. Cloth somewhat darkened, a little leaned, endpapers unevenly toned, otherwise a tight, clean, unmarked VG+ copy in near-VG+ printed paper dust jacket. (Dust jacket spine darkened, panels rubbed and lightly chafed at edges, not price clipped). Scarce. Item #70109
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