The Mirror of Alchimy by Roger Bacon

"The Mirror of Alchimy" by Roger Bacon is an alchemical manual translated in 1597. This compact treatise claims to reveal the secrets of creating the Elixir, a mysterious substance capable of perfecting base metals. Through seven brief chapters, the text guides readers through alchemical principles, mineral properties, and the precise methods for transmutation. As only the second alchemical work printed in English, it emerged during an era of intense fascination with magic and transformation, shaping popular understanding of alchemy as a science of material perfection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294
Title The Mirror of Alchimy
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mirror_of_Alchimy
Contents The preface -- The Mirror of Alchimy, composed by the famous Fryer, Roger Bachon, sometime fellow of Martin Colledge, and Brasen-nose Colledge in Oxenforde -- The Smaragdine Table of Hermes Trismegistus -- A briefe Commentarie of Hortulanus the Philosopher, vpon the Smaragdine Table of Hermes of Alchimy -- The Booke of the Secrets of Alchimie, composed by Galid the sonne of Iazich, translated out of Hebrew into Arabick, and out of Arabick into Latine, and out of Latin into English -- An excellent discourse of the admirable force and efficacie of Art and Nature, written by the famous Frier Roger Bacon, Sometime fellow of Merton Colledge, and afterward of Brasen-nose in Oxford.
Credits E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 52.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
Subject Occultism -- Early works to 1900
Subject Alchemy -- Early works to 1800
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EBook-No. 58393
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Most Recently Updated Jun 15, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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