Hans-Werner Schütt
Auf der Suche nach dem Stein der Weisen: Die Geschichte der Alchemie.
Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck, 2000. First edition. 3406466389 602 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is bound in brown cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"Alchemy was - and perhaps still is - one of the great mysteries of cultural and scientific history. Drawing on philosophy and psychology and making equal use of anecdotes, sources and historical research, Hans-Werner Schütt's history of alchemy offers a varied and easily readable account of the often misunderstood attempt to decipher the connection between humans, nature and the cosmos. A profound and understandable insight into the thoughts and actions of the alchemists, who have always been shrouded in mystery, and their science."