Search Results: Alchemy from Minotavros Books

New York: Stein and Day, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 192 p.p. Quarter bound cloh, paper boards. Nicks to spine ends of dust-jacket and corners. Rubbing to spine ends. Interior clean. Holzer was a paranormal researcher and author. He wrote more than 120 books on supernatural and occult subjects.

Toronto: Inner City Books, 1980. First Ediition. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 280 p.p., plus 6 p.p. ads. Light rubbing to edges, extremities.Small ink stain on top of front cover; lower right half of cover creased, otherwise in very good condition. Chapters on Greek and Arabic Alchemy.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. xiv, 344 p.p., [8] p.p. illustrations. Some corners of pages lightly bumped, otherwise in fine condition.

Toronto: Inner City Books, 1980. First Ediition. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 280 pp., 6 pp. ads. Ownership label inside front cover. Fine. Chapters on Greek and Arabic Alchemy.

s.l.: Kessinger Publishing. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo (imperial). [2009]. Reprint. Soft cover. 223 pp. Text in Latin. Fine condition. Heinrich Khunrath was a German physician, hermetic philosopher, and alchemist. "Amphitheatrum" is among the rarest and most coveted books of Paracelsian theology, Christian Kabbalah, magic and alchemy.

Toronto: Inner City Books, 2000. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. xv, 555 pp. Fine. Originally published in 1966 as a companion volume to C.G. Jung's Mysterium Coniunctionis.

Paris: Georges Steinheil, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (imperial). Modern navy calf, red calf labels on spines, gilt compartments, Greek key borders to boards and to inner edges. Custom binding, with original wrappers bound in. Marbled endpapers. T.E.G. xxviij, 268, 106, 115 pp. Illustrations throughout text of alchemical symbols. Some paper repairs to original wraps and endpapers. A stunning custom bound copy. Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) was a French scientist and professor at College de France in Paris. Berthelot believed that all chemical reactions depend on the physical forces that can be measured. He proved that organic compounds can be formed by ordinary methods of chemical manipulation and obey the same principles as inorganic substances. He was the recipient of the Davey Medal (1883) and the Copley Medal (1900) for his scientific achievements. Berthelot was interested in and published a variety of texts on the history of chemistry and alchemy, including Les… Read More

Hildeshheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two volumes in one. Vol. I: xvii, 260 p.p.; Vol. 2: vi, 425 p.p. Text in German. Light rubbing to spine, very little wear. Tight boards. Light stains on rear board. Otherwise in fine condition. Herman Kopp [1817-1892] was a German Professor of Chemistry, who wrote extensively on the history of chemistry, and alchemy. This work, Alchemy in Ancient and Modern Times, was originally published in 1886.

Bern: Peter Lang, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 290 p.p. Text in German, with Summary in English. Light rubbing to edges and spine ends. Spine creased down middle. Smudge marks at edges of p. 40, not affecting text. Otherwise a near fine copy.

Bern: Peter Lang, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. German. Soft cover. Volume 1/Teil 1: x, 532 p.p. Volume 2/Teil 2: x, [5], 538-999 p.p. Creasing to spines, bumping to spine ends. Bruising to upper corners. Text is clean. A collection of essays and lectures from Alfred Ribi, who studied medicine in Zurich, later specialiizing in psychiatry and psychotherapy, and who was also a student of Marie-Louise Von Franz.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 348 p.p., [19] p.p. illustrations incl. frontispiece. Light rubbing, wear to jacket. In fine condition.

Lampeter, Wales: Llanerch Enterprises, 1987. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 190 pp. Covers age toned, vertical crease to front cover. Four texts from the important seventeenth century collection called the Hermetic Museum; 'The Glory of the World' or 'Table of Paradise,' 'The Sophic Hydrolyth' or 'Waterstone of the Wise,' The Golden Tract' and 'The Book of Alze.'.

Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2010. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Soft cover. 76 pp. Fine.

Osnabruck: Otto Zeller, 1966. Soft cover. Good. Reprint of the 1885 Edition. Blue quarter-cloth, xx, 445pp. Frontispiece and illustrations. Ex-library withdrawn stamps to endpapers, staining to verso of frontispiece where library card pocket was removed, remainder marks to top and bottom edge, spine taped and some faint dampstaining to covers, but still a good copy.

Toronto: Inner City Books, 1995. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 352 pp. Fine.

Edmonds, WA: The Alchemical Press, 1983. Soft cover. Fine. 5.25" x 8.5" Orig. illustrated tan wrappers, staple bound. 23 pp. B&W illustration in text. Sticker ghost to rear, else fine.

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. lxxii, 290 p.p., numerous alchemical illustrations. Some light stains to top-edge. Owner signature in pen on front free endpaper, but otherwise in fine condition.

Lugduni Batavorum: Samuelem Luchtmans, 1737. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo [149.86mm x 88.9mm]. 1737, 1738. Halfbound calf over speckled boards. Book I: First Edition. 445 p.p., [3]; Book II: Separate half-title and pagination. [2] 36 p.p., [3]. Boards and joints worn, light rubbing to edges. Early marginalia on verso of front free endpaper and p. 281. Otherwise in very good condition. Abraham Kaau-Boerhaave [1715-1758] was a dutch physician. He studied medicine at Leiden University, where his uncle, the famous Hermann Boerhaave, was a lecturer and professor of botany and medicine. The first book is a work of perspiration through the human body. Kaau was given a gold medal by the university for his essay, the Joys of the Alchemists. A satirical work, his oration was in fact a mocking account of the ancient art. (Principe, Lawrence M. Alchemy Restored. Isis, Vol. 102, no. 2. June 2011. p.p. 305-312.).

Ithica and London: Cornell University Press, 2007. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo. 158 p.p., incl. index. Numerous in-text illustrations. Tight boards, clean pages. As new.

Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. xi, 721 p.p., [1]. Green cloth boards with green lettering to spine and front board. B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners, chafing to joints. Green ink ownership inscription to FFEP. Text is clean throughout. A near fine copy.