"This book also exists in an extended version: Alchemy & mysticism: the hermetic museum"--Title page verso.
Summary:
Contains images of Christian mysticism, art of the romantic era, hieroglyphs of cabbalists and freemasons, and early scientific illustrations in the fields of medicine, chemistry, optics and colour theory.
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