Alchemy Treatise
An alchemical treatise from 1622. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry. Among other pursuits, alchemists searched for formulas that would turn base metals into gold. They sought wisdom and the secret to immortality
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1600s Alchemist Alchemy Enhance Frontispiece Mystical Mysticism Pseudo-scieince Pseudoscience Seventeenth Treatise
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