About “Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum”
Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, first published in 1652, is an annotated collection of English alchemical writings compiled by the alchemist and antiquarian Elias Ashmole. The work preserved and shared texts that had previously been available only in private manuscripts. It was intended as the first part of a larger, multi-volume project. The book includes rhyming verse from various figures, such as Thomas Norton, George Ripley, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, John Dee, Edward Kelley, John Lydgate, John Dastin, and William Backhouse. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1652
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