ISBN10: 0486262987, ISBN13: 9780486262987, [publisher: Dover Publications, New York] Softcover (1990), 288pp + ads, illus., light shelfwear to cover, contents clean.
[Oil City, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]

Dover Publications, Date: 1990-04-01. Paperback. Used: Good. 1990. Dover Publications ISBN 0486262987 9780486262987 [US]

ISBN10: 0486262987, ISBN13: 9780486262987, [publisher: Dover Publications] Softcover 8vo (21.5 cm), 288, [16] pp. Laminated wrappers. "Ranging over two millennia of alchemical history, Mr. Holmyard shows how, like astrology and witchcraft, alchemy was an integral part of the pre-scientific moral order, arousing the cupidity of princes, the blind fear of mobs and the intellectual curiosity of learned men. Eventually, however, with the advent and ascension of the scientific method, the hopes and ideas of the alchemists faded to the status of "pseudo-science." That transformation, as well as alchemy's undeniable role as a precursor of modern chemistry, are brilliantly illuminated in this book. Students of alchemy, chemistry, the history of science, and the occult, plus anyone interested in the origin and evolution of one of mankind's most enduring and influential myths, will want to have a copy of this masterly study." (from the publisher's description)
[Kraków, Poland] [Publication Year: 1990]
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ISBN10: 0486262987, ISBN13: 9780486262987, [publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated] Softcover pp. 320
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]

Dover Pubns, Date: 1990. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 320 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. 1990. Dover Pubns ISBN 0486262987 9780486262987 [GB]

Dover Pubns 1990 Revised ed. Softcover New Reprint edition. 320 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.