Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
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Small JPG1200 x 1544px — 396 KBLarge JPG2880 x 3706px — 2.1 MBFull-sized JPG3806 x 4897px — 3.5 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 3806 x 4897px — 53.4 MBFirst published in 1652, this compilation of English alchemical literature was collected and annotated by Elias Ashmole. The book made available many works that had previously existed only in privately held manuscripts, and features alchemical verse from Thomas Norton, George Ripley, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Dastin, Abraham Andrews, Thomas Charnock, William Bloomefield, Edward Kelley, John Dee, Thomas Robinson, William Backhouse, John Gower, John Lydgate, W. Redman, as well as several unknown authors. Individual plates from the volume are digitized here, with additional item-level description available for select plates.
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Ashmole, Elias. Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. London, England: John Grismond, 1652. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/hq37vp21f.
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