A Ternary Of Paradoxes The Magnetick Cure Of Wounds The Nativity Of Tartar In Wine The Image Of God In Man The Second Impression Reformed

This rich record of the major interests of Paracelsus and other 16th-century chemical philosophers covers chemistry and nature in the Renaissance, Paracelsian debates, theories of Fludd, Helmontian restatement of chemical philosophy, and other fascinating aspects of the era. Well researched, compellingly related study. 36 black-and-white illustrations.

An intellectual biography of Van Helmont (1579-1644), showing a scholarly appreciation of his creative insights.

Facsimile edition to which is added: Catalogue 62, H.P. KRAUS, The Duveen Collection of Alchemy & Chemistry, supplementing the Bibliotheca Alchemica et Chemica. The Duveen Collection of Balneology.