THE LURE & ROMANCE OF ALCHEMY, Thompson 1st/1st 1932 - Hermetic Occult Symbolism

THE LURE AND ROMANCE OF ALCHEMY — By C.J.S. THOMPSON, 1st Edition/1st Printing, 1932 — Hermetic Magic, Occult Symbolism, Freemasonry — Very Scarce

Publisher: George G. Harrap & Company, London (1932)

Very scarce first edition from 1932 of THE LURE AND ROMANCE OF ALCHEMY, in very well preserved condition. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for light shelfwear. The pages are crisp and clean, save for a few spots of foxing on the second page. Original cloth with titling and embellishments to spine, frontis, black-and-white illustrations, index. This is one of the better researched and illustrated popular histories of alchemy. Its author, C.J.S. Thompson (1862-1943), was in charge of acquisitions for Henry Wellcome, and thus had access to what would become the library of the Wellcome Institute, one of the great collections of medical, alchemical, and related books and manuscripts in the world.