Alchemy and Hermeticism

Alchemy and Alchemists

Also known as Alchemy & alchemists

by Sean Martin

First published:
21st century
Language: English
Content type: Fiction

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Description

Description from Libris, National Library of Sweden

Alchemy has traditionally been viewed as 'the history of an error', an example of mediaeval gullibility and greed, in which alchemists tried to turn lead into gold, create fabulous wealth and find the elixir of life. But alchemy has also been described as 'the mightiest secret that a man can possess', and it obsessed the likes of Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle and many of the founders of modern scienc[Bokinfo]

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

Alchemy and Hermeticism
Controlled discovery queries from gegnir, libris, openlibrary, and wellcome matched “alchemy”, “Alchemy”, and “Gullgerðarlist”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the title, “Alchemy” in the alternative title, “Alchemy” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).
- “Gullgerðarlist”· via Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue
- “alchemy”· via Libris, National Library of Sweden
- “Alchemy”· via Open Library
- “alchemy”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Alchemy”· in title
- “Alchemy”· in alternative title

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Editions

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Gegnir Icelandic union-catalog record 160 bls; Publication place: Herts	2015	Oldcastle Books LTD; Pocket Essentials	English	9781843446095 184344609X	Catalog record	Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue (opens in a new tab) Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue (opens in a new tab) Libris, National Library of Sweden (opens in a new tab) Libris, National Library of Sweden (opens in a new tab)
Open Library record	January 30, 2007	Chartwell Books	English	9780785822318 0785822313	No ebook	Open Library (opens in a new tab)
Wellcome Collection bibliographic record 160 pages ; 20 cm	2006	Pocket Essentials	English	9781904048626 1904048625	Catalog record	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)