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Alchemy

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285 images from works
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • D.O.M.A. Alchymia Andreae Libavii, recognita, emendata, et aucta, tum dogmatibus et experimentis nonnullis; tum commentario medico physico-chymico: qui exornatus est variis instrumentorum chymicorum picturis; partim aliunde translatis, partim planè novis ... : praemissa defensione artis opposita censurae Parisianae.
  • Integrum morborum mysterium, sive medicinæ catholicæ tomi primi tractatus secundus. [Pulsus seu nova et arcana pulsuum historia ... Hoc est, portionis tertiae pars tertia, de pulsuum scientia ... medicorum ... sive tomi primi tractatus secundi, sectio secunda, de morborum signis ... hoc est, divinatio per urinam.] In sectiones distributus duas : quorum ... / authore Robert Fludd, alias De Fluctibus.
  • Theatrum chemicum Britannicum. Containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the Hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language / Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon, by Elias Ashmole, esq. Qui est Mercuriophilus anglicus. The first part.
  • Atalanta fvgiens, hoc est emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica. Accommodata partim oculis & intellectui, figuris cupro incisis, adjectisqúe sententiis, epigrammatis & notis, partim auribus & recreationi animi plus minus 50 fugis musicalibus trium vocum, quarum duÆ ad unam simplicem melodiam distichis canendis peraptam, correspondeant ... / authore Michaele Majero.
  • Cabala, speculum artis et naturae, in alchymia; exinde, quid, lapis sophorum antiquissimus, rei sit, qui triplex, & tamen simplex lapis existit : Omnia hactenus ex variis etiam scriptis paucis observata, singulis laboriosis amatoribus artis honoris ergò, deo annuente, tam perspicuè ac lucidissimo speculo, proposita, et quatuor aeneis laminis incisis picturis exhibita / Per ignotum, attamen notum, sicuti insignia prima figurae insculpta testantur, nunc è Germanico, Latnio [sic] versa à strenuo sapientiae cultore, et unâ cum praestantissimi cujusdam philosophi diagraphe hujus ipsius argumenti, Roseae Crusis Fraternitati dicata edita. Quò hac in materia amplius nil desideretur.
  • Atalanta fvgiens, hoc est emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica. Accommodata partim oculis & intellectui, figuris cupro incisis, adjectisqúe sententiis, epigrammatis & notis, partim auribus & recreationi animi plus minus 50 fugis musicalibus trium vocum, quarum duÆ ad unam simplicem melodiam distichis canendis peraptam, correspondeant ... / authore Michaele Majero.
  • An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.
  • D.O.M.A. Alchymia Andreae Libavii, recognita, emendata, et aucta, tum dogmatibus et experimentis nonnullis; tum commentario medico physico-chymico: qui exornatus est variis instrumentorum chymicorum picturis; partim aliunde translatis, partim planè novis ... : praemissa defensione artis opposita censurae Parisianae.
  • An alchemist in a short orange gown blowing bellows into a still with an alembic. Pastel drawing.
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Works from the collections

1,787 works

    • Books

    Trevisanvs de chymico miracvlo qvod lapidem philosophiæ appellant. Dionys. Zecharivs Gallus de eodem / auctoritatibus varijs principum huius artis, Democriti, Gebri, Lvlli, Villanovani, confirmati et illustrati per Gerardvm Dornevm.

    | Date: 1600
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An alchemist wearing a tall hat, sitting at a table containing his chemical instruments. Lithograph by H. Wood after F. Howard.

    Howard, Frank, 1805-1866. | Reference: 36278i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Perrier à S. Picard, Sieur Dubois

    Perrier à S. Picard, Sieur Dubois | Date: Middle 17th century | Reference: MS.609
    • Books

    Alchimie : le grand secret / Andrea Aromatico ; trad. de l'italien par Audrey van de Sandt.

    Aromatico, Andrea. | Date: [1996], ©1996
    • Books

    On the elements / [Marius].

    Marius, active 1160-1169. | Date: 1976
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