The mirror of alchimy
by Roger Bacon
- First published:
- 16th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
"The Mirror of Alchimy" by Roger Bacon is an alchemical manual translated in 1597. This compact treatise claims to reveal the secrets of creating the Elixir, a mysterious substance capable of perfecting base metals. Through seven brief chapters, the text guides readers through alchemical principles, mineral properties, and the precise methods for transmutation. As only the second alchemical work printed in English, it emerged during an era of intense fascination with magic and transformation, shaping popular understanding of alchemy as a science of material perfection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Alchemy” and “alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description and “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.
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3 editions cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1597 | London : Printed for Richard Oliue; Printed for Richard Oliue | English | — | Public | |
Open Library record | 1597 | [Richard Oliue] | English | — | No ebook | |
Project Gutenberg electronic edition Project Gutenberg metadata does not identify the source print edition. | 2018-12-01 | Project Gutenberg | English | — | Public domain (USA) |
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
- Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
- 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; medicalheritagelibrary
- Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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