The lives of alchemystical philosophers : with a critical catalogue of books in occult chemistry, and a selection of the most celebrated treatises on the theory and practice of the hermetic art
Francis Barrett's 1815 London treatise on alchemy, printed by Macdonald and Son for Lackington, Allen and Co., aimed at readers of occult chemistry and the hermetic art. The pictures are small black-and-white diagrams and a bookplate: one charts metals on hanging branches over alembic-like vessels, another links prime matter, mercury and vegetable and animal substances in a flow diagram, and the third is an engraved heraldic armorial with scrollwork, useful for designers working with symbolic charts and ornate frames.
