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Alchemy : the great secret / Andrea Aromatico.
LIBRA Special QD26 .A69 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aromatico, Andrea.
- Series:
- Discoveries (New York, N.Y.)
- Discoveries
- Standardized Title:
- Alchimi. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Alchemy.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
- Manufacture:
- Trieste : Printed and bound in Italy by Editoriale Lloyd.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, [2000]
- Summary:
- Medieval alchemists, forerunners of today's chemists, sought to transmute base metals into gold. This lively illustrated history explores intriguing aspects of this mix of science, philosophy, art, religion, and magic, whose roots go back to ancient Egypt. 158 illustrations, 109 in color.
- Notes:
- "Translated from the French by Jack Hawkes."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-137) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810928892
- OCLC:
- 41612501
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