Stamp depicts an alchemist, rocket, and radar system.

Colorano cachet includes a silk depiction of two alchemists in a laboratory. Stamp depicts chemical glassware and fluids.

Postage stamp from Comoros, an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, featuring a depiction of Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina,…

Soviet stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Tunisian stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Syrian stamp commemorating Avicenna (980-1037), also known as Ibn Sina, a philosopher and alchemist.

Volume 1 covers A-K. Please note that the physical item includes two inserts with color images that are not reproduced here.

Volume 2 covers L-Z. Please note that the physical item includes two inserts with color images that are not reproduced here.

This etching, after a print by Balthasar Moncornet, in turn after a drawing by Rembrandt, claims to display a portrait of the French manuscript seller Nicolas Flamel (1330-1418). Flamel, along with his wife Perenelle,…

Handwritten manuscript containing notes for making aqua fortis, (or nitric acid), and refining silver. Includes a basic sketch of the apparatus used in the procedure. Written by John Conduitt (1688-1737), Sir Isaac…

In this variation of a painting by Gerard Dou, a scholarly alchemist, wearing a fur-lined robe, gazes with directness at the viewer as he composes his note. Holding a small quill pen with an open text before him, the…

This print, after a painting by Adriaen van Ostade, shows a humble peasant-alchemist at work before a furnace. Working with a pair of hand bellows—the source of the alchemists' mocking nickname, "puffer,"— the alchemist…