The Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers - With a Critical Catalogue of Books in Occult Chemistry, and a Selection of the Most Celebrated Treatises on the Theory and Practice of the Hermetic Art #267991

Alchemy is called Hermetic philosophy, from Hermes, the author of seven books, and a tablet of alchemy, which are the most ancient and esteemed writings on this subject now extant. They were found in the, Hebrew and Arabic languages, in the year of the. Christian era 400, from which date there is lite rary evidence of the lives and writings of adepts.