Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers by Arthur Edward Waite - 1888

London: George Redway, 1888. Cloth. Very Good +. The 1888 1st edition of this major contribution to the study of alchemical sciences by the formidable A.E. Waite. A solid, well-preserved copy to boot: Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its light-brown cloth, with crisp, unrubbed gilt-titling along the spine. Save for a touch of light foxing at the front free endpaper and the rear pastedown, clean as could be internally, with no writing or markings to speak of. Thick octavo, "with a philosophical demonstration of the true principles of the magnum opus, or great work of alchemical reconstruction, and some account of the spiritual chemistry" (from the title page).