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Alchemy : A Bibliography of English-Language Writings
by Pritchard, A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- An ex-library copy with a white ink number on the spine, label on front free endpaper and stamp on verso of title-page, otherwis
- ISBN 10
- 0710004729
- ISBN 13
- 9780710004727
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, first edition, 1980. Cloth, 8vo,. viii, 439 pp. Over 3,400 entries. This is the first comprehensive bibliography of English-language writings on alchemical and related Hermetic arts, containing over 3,400 references. It aims to include all English-language texts and secondary works, including theses, written between 1597 and 1978, and is arranged in three sections, containing primary texts arranged by countries, secondary works arranged by countries, and secondary works arranged by subjects where there is no discernible bias to any one country. There is also a detailed index of countries, subjects and people. An ex-library copy with a white ink number on the spine, label on front free endpaper and stamp on verso of title-page, otherwise Near Very Good in dustwrapper.
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- Seller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-36276
- Title
- Alchemy : A Bibliography of English-Language Writings
- Author
- Pritchard, A
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, 8vo,
- Book Condition
- Used - An ex-library copy with a white ink number on the spine, label on front free endpaper and stamp on verso of title-page, otherwis
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0710004729
- ISBN 13
- 9780710004727
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, first edition, 1980
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- viii, 439 pp
- Keywords
- alchemy alchemists alchemical works early chemistry chemical sciences chemists pharmaceuticals science occult works Hermetic arts 0710004729
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Scientists (Bibliographies);
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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