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Alchemy and Authority in the Holy Roman Empire
What distinguished the true alchemist from the fraud? This question animated the lives and labors of the common men--and occasionally women--who made a living as alchemists in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Holy Roman Empire. As purveyors of practical techniques, inventions, and cures, these entrepreneurs...- $38.00
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Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany
In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenb?tel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called the lion's blood. She claimed that this golden oil could stimulate the growth of plants, create gemstones, transform lead into the coveted philosophers'...- $59.95
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Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany
In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenb?tel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called the lion's blood. She claimed that this golden oil could stimulate the growth of plants, create gemstones, transform lead into the coveted philosophers'...- $24.95
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