LIST OF PLATES
Reading edition
Plate 1. Portrait of Paracelsus Frontispiece
TO FACE PAGE
Plate 2. Symbolical Illustration representing the Trinity of Body, Soul and Spirit 15
Plate 3. Symbolical Illustrations representing—
(A) The Fertility of the Earth 26
(B) The Amalgamation of Mercury and Gold
Plate 4. Symbolical Illustrations representing—
(A) The Coction of Gold-Amalgam in a Closed Vessel 33
(B) The Transmutation of the Metals
Plate 5. Alchemistic Apparatus—
(A) (B) Two forms of apparatus for sublimation 37
Plate 6. Alchemistic Apparatus—
(A) An Athanor 38
(B) A Pelican
Plate 7. Portrait of Albertus Magnus 44
Plate 8. Portraits of—
(A) Thomas Aquinas 52
(B) Nicolas Flamel
Plate 9. Portraits of—
(A) Edward Kelley 68
(B) John Dee
Plate 10. Portrait of Michael Maier 72
Plate 11. Portrait of Jacob Boehme 74
Plate 12. Portraits of J. B. and F. M. van Helmont 76
Plate 13. Portrait of J. F. Helvetius 84
Plate 14. Portrait of “Cagliostro” 92
Plate 15. Portrait of Robert Boyle 94
Plate 16. Portrait of John Dalton 100
Table showing the Periodic Classification of the Chemical Elements Pages 106, 107
ALCHEMY: ANCIENT AND MODERN