The Origins of Alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt.
New York NY: Barnes & Noble, 1970. First US edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 452 pp. Original black cloth with silver titling, b&w illustrations, biblio, notes and index. The first major study of alchemical practices in Graeco-Roman Egypt, by Jack Lindsay, a classics scholar and son of the artist, Norman. Very light general shelfwear, light rubbing to corners and spine ends, edges of textblock darkened with a number of brown spots to fore-edge, else a tight, unmarked VG+ copy in somewhat shabby Good-only dust jacket (Dust jacket lightly creased and with a few chips, panels chafed, a few short edge tears, not price clipped. Now in protective mylar cover.). Item #74098
Price: $90.00