Abraham

1998 · 13423 — Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Drawing from the unique holdings of the Ferguson Collection at the University of Glasgow the Dictionary provides a representative selection of fifty visual images graphic woodcuts copperplate engravings or hand-painted emblems some of which are reproduced here for the first time since they first appeared.A dictionary documenting the wealth of alchemical symbolism from the early centuries AD to the late twentieth century with an emphasis on literary and intellectual references to alchemy in the Western tradition written in or translated into English.<br /> From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir alchemist artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work The Emerald Tablet a series of Alchemical 'Zines Alchemical Meditations Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy. He has presented seminars and workshops around the world on various aspects of the alchemy.<br /> Khepri Press was started in 2014 as a place to organize and distribute his work. It is a very small press dedicated to alchemical book arts. Some of this work is publishable and others may exist only in manuscript or object form - alchemical results or talismans. Near fine light shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred in a near fine dj. Green cloth. 8vo. 249pp. Illus. b/w. Former owner library stamp. Cambridge University Press hardcover