Polish alchemist, philosopher, and medical doctor

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Michael Sendivogius (Sędziwój), the alchemist, demonstrating the art in the court of Rudolf II. Drawing after V. Brožik.

An elderly alchemist (Michael Sendivogius or Sędziwój?) conducting an experiment in front of Emperor Rudolf II and members of his court. Etching by A. Mathey after V. Brožík, 1885.

Water which does not wet hands : the alchemy of Michael Sendivogius / by Zbigniew Szydlo.

The life and work of Michael Sendivogius (1566-1636) / by Zbigniew Szydłow.

Cosmopolite ou nouvelle lumiere chimyque ... Avec un dialogue du mercure, etc / [Anon].

Cosmopolite ou nouvelle lumiere de la phisique naturelle. Traittant de la constitution generalle des elemens simples et des composez / Traduit nouvellement de latin en françois [par M. de Bosnay].

Lumen chymicum novum XII tractatibus diuisum et totidem antiquis figuris in Germania nuper repertis, notisque clarissimis illuminatum, renovatum, illustratum / [Michał Sędziwój].

A philosophical account of Nature in general : and of the generation of the three principles of Nature, viz. mercury, sulphur, and salt, out of the four elements / Translated from the French. By John Digby, Esq.

De lapide philosophorvm, tractatvs dvodecim, è naturae fonte, et manuali experientia deprompti / Author sum, qui Divi Leschi Genvs Amo [i.e. M. Sendivogius].

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Cosmopolite ou nouvelle lumiere chimyque ... Avec un dialogue du mercure, etc / [Anon].

Cosmopolite ou nouvelle lumiere de la phisique naturelle. Traittant de la constitution generalle des elemens simples et des composez / Traduit nouvellement de latin en françois [par M. de Bosnay].

Lumen chymicum novum XII tractatibus diuisum et totidem antiquis figuris in Germania nuper repertis, notisque clarissimis illuminatum, renovatum, illustratum / [Michał Sędziwój].

A philosophical account of Nature in general : and of the generation of the three principles of Nature, viz. mercury, sulphur, and salt, out of the four elements / Translated from the French. By John Digby, Esq.

De lapide philosophorvm, tractatvs dvodecim, è naturae fonte, et manuali experientia deprompti / Author sum, qui Divi Leschi Genvs Amo [i.e. M. Sendivogius].