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Titus Burckhardt; trans. William Stoddart.
Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul.
Published Shaftesbury: Element Books, 1987 reprint (previously issued 1986; first UK edn. was 1967, original German edn. 1960).
ISBN 0906540968;
ISBN-13 9780906540961.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Billings, Worcester.
Size: 137x213x14mm.
Page count: text 206pp; illustrations 12pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some scuffs and scratches on the covers, not too severe, a bit of wear on the edges and corners; page edges a bit yellowed with age; the spine has a mild bump at the top but is not otherwise creased from reading, and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £7.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Fons Vitae edn. in print at $14.95]
Weight without packaging: 295g.

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No overall medieval emphasis. Contents: Origin of western alchemy; Nature & language of alchemy; Hermetic wisdom; Spirit & matter; Planets & metals; Rotation of the elements; Of Materia prima; Universal nature; 'Nature can overcome Nature'; Sulphur, quicksilver & salt; Of the 'chemical marriage'; Alchemy of prayer; The Athanor; Nicholas Flamel & his wife Perrenelle; Stages of the work; The emerald tablet.
Appendices: Hermetic & mystical authors quoted.

Illustrations: 25 text figures & 12 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 1 page
Index: no

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