The Alchemist in Life, Literature and Art.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 100pp. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to red spine label, top edge gilt, color frontispiece, b&w illustrations. An authoritative study of the history and practice of alchemy, and the way in which it has been represented in art and literature. A little light shelfwear, endpapers lightly toned, otherwise a tight, clean, VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket a little chipped and frayed at head and tail of spine and edges at folds, rear panel darkened and rubbed, flap not price-clipped. Now protected by removable mylar sleeve). Item #70110
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