[SOLD] The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy & Pharmacy. By Charles John Samuel Thompson.
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London: The Scientific Press Limited, and New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1897. First Edition. Brown cloth, front board illustrated with drawing of seated alchemist tending an alembic in his laboratory complete with human skull and owl. Gilt titling of spine. All page edges deckled. 5⅜" x 7⅞". xv + 335pp. Includes In text line illustrations from early drawings and engravings. Alchemical symbols. Discrete initials on front flyleaf L. B. R.
Small tears at head & tail of spine. Wear at edges of covers. Acidification of pages throughout with a few stains and foxing. Minor splitting at some sections, yet binding still sound. VG