Art, Symbol & Imagination
An Alchemist Fitting His Apparatus, 1576
A bearded man works at a table crowded with tools and vessels while another worker tends a furnace beyond the doorway. Thompson identifies the source as an engraving dated 1576.
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Illustrator not identified. "An Alchemist Fitting His Apparatus, 1576" [editorial title]. In The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy, C. J. S. Thompson. 1897 historical edition, 1897. Source scan leaf 79. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0549-0079
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Illustrator not identified. An Alchemist Fitting His Apparatus, 1576. The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy. Scan leaf 79. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0549-0079