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New York: Samuel Weiser, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Near fine (book plate - inside front cover), in very good dust jacket (some wear on tips). Hardcover. 176 pp (with appendices & index). A thorough explanation of the chemical and metallurgical equivalents used by alchemists from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Compiled by a practising alchemist, the chapters include information about cibation, fermentation, and putrefaction, as well as the symbolism of salts and metals that have confused and misled alchemists for years. Includes an abridged version of Paracelsus' Q&A, and pen & ink illustrations.
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- Title In Pursuit of Gold
- Author Lapidus
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Samuel Weiser, New York
- Date 1976
- ISBN 9780877283607
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In Pursuit of Gold: Alchemy Today in Theory and Practice
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