The secrets of alchemy /
Principe, Lawrence,
The secrets of alchemy / Lawrence M. Principe. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013. - v, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm - Synthesis . - Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : what is alchemy? -- Origins : Graeco-Egyptian chemeia -- Development : Arabic al-kiÌmiyaÌ -- Maturity : Medieval Latin alchemia -- Redefinitions, revivals, and reinterpretations : alchemy from the eighteenth century to the present -- The golden age : practicing chymistry in the early modern period -- Unveiling the secrets -- The wider world of chymistry.
9780226682952 0226682951 9780226103792 (pbk.)
2012010213
Alchemy--History.
Alchemists.
QD13 / .P75 2013
540.1/12
The secrets of alchemy / Lawrence M. Principe. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013. - v, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm - Synthesis . - Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : what is alchemy? -- Origins : Graeco-Egyptian chemeia -- Development : Arabic al-kiÌmiyaÌ -- Maturity : Medieval Latin alchemia -- Redefinitions, revivals, and reinterpretations : alchemy from the eighteenth century to the present -- The golden age : practicing chymistry in the early modern period -- Unveiling the secrets -- The wider world of chymistry.
9780226682952 0226682951 9780226103792 (pbk.)
2012010213
Alchemy--History.
Alchemists.
QD13 / .P75 2013
540.1/12