Lives of alchemystical philosophers based on materials collected in 1815 : and supplemented by recent researches with a philosophical demonstration of the true principles of the magnum opus, or great work of alchemical re-construction, and some account of the spiritual chemistry / by Arthur Edward Waite ; to which is added a bibliography of alchemy and hermetic philosophy.
A London alchemy history published by G. Redway in 1888, written by A. E. Waite from Francis Barrett's 1815 materials and aimed at students of hermetic philosophy and the history of science. Its pictures are a cream-paper ornamental headpiece of cherubs in scrolling acanthus, a purple armorial bookplate for Edwin Newton Ohl with a shield and motto banner, and a publisher's title page framed by floral borders, offering a designer scrolled foliage borders, heraldic crests and classical title-page layouts to adapt.
