Branch of ancient protoscientific natural philosophy

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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.

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.

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

Perrier à S. Picard, Sieur Dubois

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

On the elements / [Marius].

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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.

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

Perrier à S. Picard, Sieur Dubois

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

On the elements / [Marius].