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L'or et la transmutation des métaux / par G. Théodore Tiffereau ; mémoires et conférences précédés de Paracelse et l'alchimie au XVIe siècle / par M. Franck.

Théodore Tiffereau, Adolphe Franck · 1889 · Paris : H. Chacornac, 1889. · 3 pictures

An 1889 Paris alchemy treatise on gold and the transmutation of metals, by Théodore Tiffereau with Adolphe Franck's essays on Paracelsus, issued by the publisher Chacornac for a learned readership of occult and scientific enthusiasts. Its three pictures are decorative ex libris and publisher's devices: a cloud-wrapped figure above flames with planetary symbols, a zodiac wheel framing an alembic-like flask in a triangle, and an ornate Gothic initial letter before a cathedral spire.

Alchemy · Paracelsus

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