Alchemy: Ancient and Modern / Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachings of the Most Noted Alchemists

by H. Stanley Redgrove

LIST OF PLATES

Plate	[1.]	Portrait of Paracelsus	Frontispiece
TO FACE PAGE
Plate	[2.]	Symbolical Illustration representing the Trinity of Body, Soul and Spirit	15
Plate	[3.]	Symbolical Illustrations representing—
		(A) The Fertility of the Earth	26
		(B) The Amalgamation of Mercury and Gold
Plate	[4.]	Symbolical Illustrations representing—
		(A) The Coction of Gold-Amalgam in a Closed Vessel	33
		(B) The Transmutation of the Metals
Plate	[5.]	Alchemistic Apparatus—
		(A) (B) Two forms of apparatus for sublimation	37
Plate	[6.]	Alchemistic Apparatus—
		(A) An Athanor	38
		(B) A Pelican
Plate	[7.]	Portrait of Albertus Magnus	44
Plate	[8.]	Portraits of—
		(A) Thomas Aquinas	52
		(B) Nicolas Flamel
Plate	[9.]	Portraits of—
		(A) Edward Kelley	68
		(B) John Dee
Plate	[10.]	Portrait of Michael Maier	72
Plate	[11.]	Portrait of Jacob Boehme	74
Plate	[12.]	Portraits of J. B. and F. M. van Helmont	76
Plate	[13.]	Portrait of J. F. Helvetius	84
Plate	[14.]	Portrait of “Cagliostro”	92
Plate	[15.]	Portrait of Robert Boyle	94
Plate	[16.]	Portrait of John Dalton	100
Table showing the Periodic Classification of the Chemical Elements			[Pages 106], [107]

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ALCHEMY:
ANCIENT AND MODERN

CHAPTER I
THE MEANING OF ALCHEMY