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The Experimental FireJennifer M. Rampling

Alchemy

The Experimental Fire

Inventing English Alchemy, 1300–1700

by Jennifer M. Rampling

A history of English alchemy centred on the reception of George Ripley. Rampling shows how readers interpreted and reworked his writings over four centuries, including the lead-based practice associated with 'sericon' and the green lion.

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