The Mirror of Alchemy: Alchemical Ideas and Images in Manuscripts and Books from Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century

Surveys the history, concepts, terms, presuppositions, imagery, and the paradoxical and metaphorical language of western European alchemy. Considers the works of alchemists themselves and their influence on other writers. Highly illustrated in both color and black-and-white from manuscripts and printed books in the British Library, which co-published the volume. Includes a list of alchemical texts in the British Library, and a glossary with illustrations but no pronunciation guide. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Canadian call number: C94-932320-9. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.