Verse and Transmutation: A Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry identifies and investigates a corpus of twenty-one anonymous Middle English recipes for the philosophers’ stone through critical editions and studies on their histories in early modern manuscripts, literature and libraries.
Alexander Guthrie Stewart wrote: Wait, how have I not noticed this book before! Thanks for the heads up.
Shame about the price though, it's much higher than I can afford right now.
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