Frontispiece, title page, all plates from De montibus planetarum septem seu metallorum.

This illustration appeared as the front page of the New York Daily Graphic on August 9th, 1882. This political alchemist is a slick newspaperman with mutton chops, toiling in his laboratory to create the spirit of a…

This illustration by F.B. Opper appeared in the November 2, 1887 edition of Puck, an American literary humor magazine. The image shows three bearded alchemists in fantastic dress, working with crucibles, alembics, and…

Iranian stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Soviet stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Two stamps from Afghanistan commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Tunisian stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Pakistani stamp commemorating "Health from herbs" and the contributions of Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Syrian stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Polish stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Lebanese stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist. The stamp depicts Avicenna brewing herbs in an attempt to create the Elixir of Life.

Volume 2 covers L-Z. Please note that the physical item includes two inserts with color images that are not reproduced here.

Volume 1 covers A-K. Please note that the physical item includes two inserts with color images that are not reproduced here.

A collection of alchemical texts by Christophorus (or sometimes in this manuscript “Christofalus”) Parisiensis. Despite his name, Christophorus Parisiensis (Christopher of Paris) was likely Italian, possibly from…

Work from the "pseudo-Geber" corpus, a group of writings falsely attributed to the Arabic alchemist, Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (died c. 806–816, Latinized as “Geber"). These writings are actually from 13th or…

First edition. This copy lacks parts of pages 2 and 7 as well as pages 183-184 and 255-256. The missing text on pages 2 and 7 was replaced in handwritten pencil at an unknown date. The work was edited by the physician…

An early work on the preparation of aqua vitae or the “water of life” (alcohol), by the process of distillation. This treatise describes the distillation process and necessary instrumentation in detail. Aqua vitae was…

A first edition work, with two volumes bound in one folio, by Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680), a German Jesuit scholar who published many extensive works on scientific, religious, and other subjects. Dubbed the “Master…

A first edition, Italian work considered to be the earliest printed book on metallurgy published in Europe. The work was written in Venice by Vannoccio Biringuccio (c. 1480 – c. 1539), an Italian metallurgist of Siena,…

This manuscript includes two texts by notable Catalan philosopher, theologian, and mystic of the High Middle Ages, Ramon Llull (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus; 1232-1316), Ars brevis, and Ars abbreviata praedicandi.
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This is a seventeenth-century copy of a fifteenth-century translation and re-working of the Rosarius Philosophorum, one of the most important texts in the corpus of alchemical works that circulated under the name of…

A gray-bearded scholar in a red cap writes at his desk with a quill. Scattered in front of him are fabric-covered ceramic jars, a celestial globe, glass jars stoppered with twists, and a pipe. Illumination floods the…

A second edition volume of Magnes (Cologne, 1643), by Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680), a German Jesuit scholar who published many extensive works on scientific, religious, and other subjects. Dubbed the “Master of a…