Collectanea Chemica
Arthur Edward Waite
Seven hermetic tracts on the preparation of the stone, including the Bosom Book of Sir George Ripley and treatises on the alkahest, the oil of sulphur and the sophic mercury. Printed from a quarto manuscript in a well known private collection.
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