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Remarks upon alchemy and the alchemists

indicating a method of discovering the true nature of hermetic philosophy : and showing that the search after the philosopher's stone had not for its object the discovery of an agent for the transmutation of metals : being also an attempt to rescue from undeserved opprobrium the reputation of a class of extraordinary thinkers in past ages

Also known as Remarks upon alchemy and the alchemists, indicating a method of discovering the true nature of Hermetic philosophy; and showing that the search after the philosopher's stone had not for its object the discovery of an agent for the transmutation of metals

by Ethan Allen Hitchcock

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Library's copy rebound; spine title: Alchemy and the alchemists Hogart, R. Alchemy

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the title, “hermetic” in the subtitle, “Alchemy” in the alternative title, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Alchemy”· in title
    • “hermetic”· in subtitle
    • “Alchemy”· in alternative title
    • “hermetic”· in alternative title

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indicating a method of discovering the true nature of hermetic philosophy : and showing that the search after the philosopher's stone had not for its object the discovery of an agent for the transmutation of metals : being also an attempt to rescue from undeserved opprobrium the reputation of a class of extraordinary thinkers in past ages

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1857Boston : Crosby, Nichols and Company ...; Crosby, Nichols; Crosby, Nichols and Company ...English—Public

Open Library record

April 2003Kessinger PublishingEnglish
  • 9780766155299
  • 0766155293
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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; gettyalchemy
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
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