Alchemy.- Sendivogius (Michael) A New Light of Alchymie...to which is added a Treatise of Sulphur..., 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, translated by John French, later ownership inscriptions to pastedown and head of title, title slightly stained at head, trimmed just into ruled-border to foot of title & final line of text to part 2 2A4v, 3C4 small hole affecting few letters, some foxing and browning, without endpapers, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, corners worn, [Wing S2506], small 4to, Richard Cotes, for Thomas Williams, 1650.

⁂ One of the great masterworks of alchemy, highly influential on Sir Isaac Newton and other major alchemists. Sendivogius was considered the greatest alchemist and hermetic philosopher of his time, and some scholars even suggest that he may have been the founder of the Rosicrucian movement.