Alchemist, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1588.
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A person holding a mortar and a bowl. Alchemy mortar coral.
Mixing the ingredients for the clay. Mixing the ingredients in a mortar and pestle. Public domain stock photo.
A mortar filled with a mixture of herbs. Mortar frauenmantel alchemy.
A mortar and pestle with a mortar and pestle. A stone mortar and pestle with green leaves in it. Public domain stock photo.
A mortar with a pesto in it on a table. Alchemy mortar coral.
A mortar and pestle with a mortar and pestle / Red and pink in a mortar and pestle / Public domain stock photo of a food.
Zoroaster from BL YT 28, f. 51 - Public domain dedication image
Detail of a mminiature of Zoroaster with two demons, from Pseudo-Aristotle's Secreta secretorum. Image taken from f. 51 of Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v... More
Diagram from BL Sloane 3747, f. 80v
Diagram. Image taken from f. 80v of Medical miscellany, including a dialogue (ff. 66-71); tract on mercury (ff. 53-54); Ripley's Mystery on alchemy (ff. 110-115); two treatises on the Philosophers' stone. Writt... More
Diagram from BL Harley 2407, f. 57v
A drawing of a man and woman embracing. Image taken from f. 57v of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning). Written in Engli... More
Diagram from BL Harley 2407, f. 16v
A drawing of a spirit, sun, man, and woman. Image taken from f. 16v of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning). Written in E... More
Three diagrams from BL Harley 2293, f. 10v
Three diagrams relating to geomancy. Image taken from f. 10v of Discourse on geomancy dedicated to King James II (r. 1685-1688). Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieva... More
Diagram from BL Harley 2407, f. 57
Astrological drawing of the sun, moon, and Zodiac constellations. Image taken from f. 57 of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beg... More
Drawing from BL Harley 2407, f. 107
Drawing of vessels relating to alchemy. Image taken from f. 107 of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning). Written in Engli... More
Drawing from BL Harley 2407, f. 68
Drawing of an eagle, a snake, a man and a frog, with a legend below. Image taken from f. 68 of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the ... More
Drawing from BL Harley 2407, f. 76
A drawing of a village. Image taken from f. 76 of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning). Written in English and Latin. Th... More
Diagrams from BL Eg 845, ff. 15v-16
Drawings of a frog, snake, and eagle, on the left, and diagram with a man and woman embracing on the right. Image taken from ff. 15v-16 of Alchemical treatise and diagrams, fragmentary, English verse on alchemy... More
Bird from BL Sloane 1171, f. 19v
Detail of a drawing including a bird. Image taken from f. 19v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cr... More
Frogs from BL Sloane 1171, f. 20
Detail of a drawing including frogs. Image taken from f. 20 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cruc... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2407, f. 54
Initial 'A'(ries) with pen-decoration. Image taken from f. 54 of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning). Written in English... More
Salamander from BL Sloane 1171, f. 8v
Drawing of a crowned salamander or dragon. Image taken from f. 8v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played ... More
Drawing from BL Sloane 1171, f. 120v
Drawing. Image taken from f. 120v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the developmen... More
Sun from BL Sloane 1171, f. 100v
Detail of the sun. Image taken from f. 100v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the ... More
Dragon from BL Sloane 1171, f. 18v
Drawing of a bleeding dragon. Image taken from f. 18v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial ro... More
Image from BL Sloane 1171, f. 101
Image taken from f. 101 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of Briti... More
Dragon from BL Sloane 1171, f. 5
Drawing of a dragon, with a tree growing out of its chest. Image taken from f. 5 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and natural... More
King from BL Sloane 1171, f. 16v
Drawing of a king. Image taken from f. 16v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the d... More
Decorated Initial from BL Harley 2407, f. 93v
Initial 'R'(yght) with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 93v of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning). Written in Engli... More
Drawing from BL Sloane 1171, f. 122
Drawing. Image taken from f. 122 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development... More
Frogs from BL Sloane 1171, f. 122v
Drawing with frogs. Image taken from f. 122v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the... More
Plant from BL Sloane 1171, f. 8
Drawing of a plant. Image taken from f. 8 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the de... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2407, f. 75v
Initial 'L'(yfe thow) with pen-flourishing with a drawing of twin dragons with the sun and moon. The dragons and text were reproduced by Elias Ashmole (b. 1617, d. 1692), on page 212 of his ~Theatrum chemicu... More
Christopher, lion, and a plant from BL Sloane 1171, ff. 7v-8
Ink drawings with washes of Christopher, a lion, and a plant, in the Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Image taken from ff. 7v-8 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir H... More
Ink drawing from BL Sloane 1171, ff. 19v-20
Ink drawing with washes, in the Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Image taken from ff. 19v-20 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physic... More
Sun and dragon from BL Sloane 1171, ff. 100v-101
Ink drawing with washes of the sun and a dragon, in the Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Image taken from ff. 100v-101 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloan... More
Salamander from BL Sloane 1171, f. 86v
Drawings of a salamander, a frog, and rasberries. Image taken from f. 86v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who... More
Lion from BL Sloane 1171, f. 7v
Drawings of 'Arabs cum filio' and a lion. Image taken from f. 7v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a... More
Dragon from BL Sloane 1171, f. 18v
Drawing of a bleeding dragon. Image taken from f. 18v of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial ro... More
Dragon from BL Sloane 1171, f. 19v-20
Drawing including a dragon and a bird, with the inscription 'much more precious shall they be then golde'. Image taken from f. 19v-20 of Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae. Written in Latin, English, Greek. Si... More
Medicinarius. Das buch der Gesundheit. Liber de arte distillandi Simpl...
Printed by Johann Grüninger (German, Markgröningen 1455?–?1533 Strasbourg) , Strassburg
[Title page with illustration showing the tree of knowledge]
Illus. in: Arbor scientiæ venerabilis et cælitvs illuminati patris Raymvndi Lvllii Maioricensis .... [Lugduni] : 1515. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard ... More
[Interior of a metallurgist's workshop with furnace and implements of ...
Illus. in: Voarchadvmia contra alchi'miam: ars distincta ab archimi'a, & sophia: cum additionibus: proportionibus: numeris: & figuris opportunis. Venetiis : 1530. Published in: The tradition of technology : La... More
[Symbolic picture in alchemical text showing crowned man standing on s...
Illus. and text in: Artis auriferae. Basileae : Excudebat C. Waldkirch : Expensis C. de Marne, & I. Aubry, 1593. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More
Die Sechste gliechnis. Book illustration from Library of Congress
The sixth allegory, showing a man holding a sword and decapitated head standing by dismembered body signifying alchemical purification through separation. Illus. and text in: Aureum vellus / Salomon trismosin. ... More
Mr. Garrick in the Character of Abel Drugger, Mr Burton and Mr Palmer ...
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[Roger bacon conducting an experiment], engraving, Library of Congress
Illus. in: Symbola avreæ mensæ dvodecim nationvm. Francofvrti : typis A. Hummij, impensis Lucæ Iennis, 1617. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. ... More
Twee soldaten in de hut van een alchemist
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De dwerg Blasius Rauchmantl als alchemist, ca. 1710
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Alchemist - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication
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Alchemist - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication
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[Title page of Alchymia, with figures of Galen and Aristotle, and scen...
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De Alchemie, ink drawing - Public domain book illustration drawing
De alchemie Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Revelation des mysteres des teintures essencieles des sept metaux, et ...
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[Alchemist and assistant in laboratory, with surrounding border of bir...
Chapter frontispiece in: Theatrum chemicum britannicum / Elias Ashmole. London : Printed by F. Grismund for N. Brooke, 1652. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library... More
Albert Flamen - Parfumbrander - Engraving, Public domain image
Een parfumbrander op een tafeltje, met op de achtergrond een landschap. Op een banderol een devies in Latijn en een onderschrift in Frans, beide over de liefde.
Albert Flamen - Kampvuur - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image
Een brandend kampvuur. Op de achtergrond een rivier en een toren op een berg. Op een banderol een devies in Latijn en een onderschrift in Frans, beide over de liefde.
Albert Flamen - Feniks - Engraving, Public domain image
Een brandende feniks. Op een banderol een devies in Latijn en een onderschrift in Frans, beide over de liefde.
Albert Flamen - Bril - Engraving, Public domain image
Een bril waarvan de glazen verschillende hoeken hebben. Op de achtergrond een landschap. Op een banderol een devies in Latijn en een onderschrift in Frans, beide over de liefde.
Albert Flamen - Distilleerapparaat
Een landschap met een distilleerapparaat op de voorgrond. Op een banderol een devies in Latijn en een onderschrift in Frans, beide over de liefde.
La clef du cabinet hermetique - Public domain document scan of drawing
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Twee soldaten in de hut van een alchemist
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Twee soldaten in de hut van een alchemist
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[Alchemical scene showing two putti holding philosopher's stone contai...
Illus. in: Mutus liber / Altus. 1702, pl. 11. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dersich so nennende Melech Augustus Hultazob, printz Americaner aüs de...
Print shows "Melech Augustus Hultazob" also known as August Melech Hultazob or Federico Gualdi, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing a turban and robe (5), with an ornate cross (2) hanging from a ribbon ... More
[Lion-headed serpent devouring its eagle-headed tail entwined about fa...
Illus. and text in: Deutsches theatrum chemicum / Friedrich Roth-Scholtz. 3 vols. Nurnberg : Bey A.J. Felsseckern, 1728-1732. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Librar... More
To face azimuth - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows an "assay oven", "athanor", and "azimuth compass", with "attraction" diagrams. Printed at head of title: Engraved for the New Royal & Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences. Printed at top right: ... More
Allegorical diagrams representing 2d Degree of Rosicrucians: Teppich
Illus. in: Gravf von Lohrbach, Die Theoretischen ... Zweite Stuffeder Rosen Kreutzer ... [Regensburg, 1785], oppos. pp. 4 and 5. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4401 C. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Political chemist and German retorts : Or dissolving the Rhenish Confe...
A delicate operation, which has engaged the attention of all the leading Powers of Europe, is supposed to be proceeding. The colossal power of the Corsican is undergoing transmutation, and the conqueror is grad... More
Thoth Trismégiste, le premier Hermès, Hermès Trismégiste.
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Le disque ailé et l'épervier, emblêmes de Thoth Trismégiste, ou le I-e...
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Thoth Trismégiste, le premier Hermès, Hermès Trismégiste.
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Alchemist - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication
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Alchemist - Engraving, Public domain image
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Mercurius Sublimate, a chymist, and his man Crucible
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Johann Theodor de Bry - Hic est draco caudum suam devorans
Dragon or ouroboros devouring itself by the tail, and text of epigram in alchemical emblem book. Illus. and text in: Atalanta fugiens / Michael Maier. Oppenheimii : Es typographia H. Galleri, sumptibus J.T. de ... More
Twee soldaten in de hut van een alchemist
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The clown and the alchemist /. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...
"Although we are led to believe that the ancient alchemists were all powerful, this picture somewhat reverses the order of things. The clown plays some wonderful pranks on the old professor. He appears and disa... More
A bottle of honey with flowers and leaves. Homeopathy natural medicine...
Homeopathy is a medicinal plant that is used in medicine / A bottle of honey with flowers and leaves / Public domain stock illustration.
A large pot filled with lots of green plants. Greater celandine plant ...
A pot filled with leaves and flowers on a wooden table / A pot full of green leaves on a wooden table / Public domain stock photo of a food.
A skull sitting on top of a book next to a violin. Vanitas death skull...
A skull sitting on top of a book / A skull sitting on top of a book next to a violin / Public domain stock illustration.
An open book sitting on top of a table next to a candle. Alchemy medic...
A candle and a metal cup with a candle / A book and a candle on a table / Public domain stock photo of a candle light.
A white mortar and pestor in a white bowl. Alchemy crushing mortar.
A small white mortar and pestle in a white mortar. A mortar and pestle with a mortar and pestle public domain stock photo.
A lit candle with a pentagram on it. Candle magic candle magick wicca.
A candle lit in front of a wreath of flowers / A candle with the wiccan symbol on it / Public domain stock photo of a candle light.
An open book sitting on top of a table next to a candle. Natural medic...
An open book sitting next to a candle / An open book with a candle and a candle / Public domain stock photo of a food.
A mortar, a bottle of essential oil, and a leaf. Homeopathy natural me...
A mortar and pestle with a bottle of essential oil and a bottle of essential oil / A mortar, a bottle of essential oil, and a leaf / Public domain stock illustration.
A lit candle sitting on top of a piece of paper. Candle magic candle m...
A candle on a coaster / A candle that is lit up on a coaster / Public domain space exploration photo.
A bottle with a skull and crossbone label on it. Poison bottle medicin...
A bottle of blue liquid with a skull and crossbones label on it. A bottle of poison with a skull and crossbones on it public domain stock photo.
An open book sitting on top of a table next to a candle. Alchemy medic...
Visual patterns: A book and a candle are on a table / A book and a candle on a table - public domain stock photo.
A drawing of a group of people with horns. Drawing ink bullets.
Digital art selected for the / A drawing of a group of people with horns / Public domain stock illustration.
A metal pot filled with a bunch of sticks. Alchemy calcination burn.
Visual patterns: A pot with a flame burning on it / A metal pot with a fire coming out of it - public domain stock photo.
Raimvndi Lvlii Maiorici, philosophi acutissimi, medicique celeberrimi,...
Italic type; initial. On verso of last leaf: Venundantur Venetijs apud Io. Baptistam sub insignio Turris, and device with initials I.B.P. LAC ecr 2018-09-06 LAC Review Completed 2018-09-11 LAC iak 2018-09-11
Verae alchemiae artis'qve metallicae, citra aenigmata, doctrina, certv...
Edited by G. Grataroli. Colophon: Basilæ per Henricvm Petri & Petrum Pernam, anno salutis humanæ M.D.LXI. Captions to dedications and preface contain the editor's name. Manuscript notes in margins. "Ioannis Avr... More
Examen fvcorvm psevdo-chymicorvm detectorvm et in gratiam veritatis am...
Title vignette. With his Atalanta fvgiens...Oppenheimii, 1618. LAC ecr 2018-09-06 LAC Review Completed 2018-09-11 LAC iak 2018-09-11
Musæum hermeticum, omnes sopho-spagyricæ artis discipulos fidelissime ...
Title within engr. border. Each tract has special engr. t.-p. LAC ecr 2018-09-06 LAC Review Completed 2018-09-10
Gebri Arabis chimia, sive, Traditio summae perfectionis et investigati...
Imprint from added engraved title page. Formerly attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān. Signatures: *¹⁰ A-L¹² M⁶ N². Pages 241-279 incorrectly numbered 141-179. LC copy heavily annotated and corrected in ms. LC cop... More
The works of Geber : the most famous Arabian prince and philosopher
Signatures: A-V⁸ (A3 signed A2). LAC scc 2018-08-30 LAC Review Completed 2018-09-06
Mutus liber, L'Alchimie - Public domain book scan / engraving
In Latin Attributed to a possibly fictitious Jacob Saulat or Sulat (of which Altus is an anagram) and also to a doctor Tolié . Cf. E. Canseliet L'Alchimie et son Livre muet {1967} The plates , re-engraved afte... More
William Baillie - The alchymist - Print, Library of Congress collectio...
Print shows an elderly man, an alchemist, sitting before a furnace in his laboratory, using a bellows to fan the flames beneath a retort. Caption continues: He's in Belief of Chymistry, so bold, if his Dream l... More
Athanasius Kircher - Ichnographia Admiriabilis illius Labyrinthi Ægypt...
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Raimvndi Lvlii Maiorici, philosophi acutissimi, medicique celeberrimi,...
Italic type; initial. On verso of last leaf: Venundantur Venetijs apud Io. Baptistam sub insignio Turris, and device with initials I.B.P. LAC ecr 2018-09-06 LAC Review Completed 2018-09-11 LAC iak 2018-09-11
Verae alchemiae artis'qve metallicae, citra aenigmata, doctrina, certv...
Edited by G. Grataroli. Colophon: Basilæ per Henricvm Petri & Petrum Pernam, anno salutis humanæ M.D.LXI. Captions to dedications and preface contain the editor's name. Manuscript notes in margins. "Ioannis Avr... More
Artis auriferae, quam chemiam vocent ..
No general t.p.; each vol has special t.p. Vol. 1 has title: Artis auriferae, qvqm chemiam vocant, volumen primum: qvod continent Turbam philosophorum, aliosq[ue] antiquiss. autores. Cum indice rerum & verborum... More
Avrevm vellvs. Oder Gůldin schatz vnd kunstkammer: darinnen der aller ...
Treatises grouped in 3 tractates, the second and third with special t.-p. Tractate II has title: Avrel velleris ... Tractatus II darinn erstlich fůrnembste chymische schrifften, tincturen vnd process so bisshe... More