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1 00 Books on Alchemy to Find on a Bookshelf 1. Baopuzi by Ge Hong 1144 by Robert of Chester to, late 13th century, (Written in the 4th3rd as The Book of the originally Latin, On the Use century BC, originally Composition of Alchemy, of Fire to Conflagrate the Chinese, Book of the Master how Morienus in the 7th Enemy, or Book of Fires for Who Embraces Simplicity, century learned the secrets the Burning of Enemies, 35 Chinese alchemy, elixirs, of alchemy and introduced it recipes for incendiary demonology and into Islam, reveals the weapons, fire and immortality) secrets of the work of gunpowder) 2. Zhouyi cantong qi by Wei alchemy) 12. Cyranides (Compiled in Boyang (Written in the mid 7. Turba Philosophorum 14th century, Greek, second century, Chinese, (Latin, Assembly of the magicomedical works, The Kinship of the Three, in Philosophers, circa 900, magical properties of plants, Accordance with the Book of based on Arabic texts, a animals and gemstones, an Changes, English translation discussion between nine encyclopaedia of amulets 1932, cosmology, Taoism Greek philosophers who and the history of western and alchemy, especially adapt Greek alchemy into alchemy) internal alchemy) Islamic science) 13. Aurora Consurgens by 3. Chrysopeoeia of Cleopatra 8. Liber de compositione Thomas Aquinas (Attributed by Cleopatra the Alchemist alchimiae by Robert of to, author now unknown, (Written in 3rd century Chester (1144, Latin, The 15th century, Latin, an Egypt, the original is an Combination of Alchemy, the illustrated commentary on illustrated single sheet of first European book on the Latin translation of papyrus on goldmaking) alchemy, translated from the Silvery Waters by Senior 4. Papyrus Graecus Arabic, purportedly an Zadith, alchemical Holmiensis (Written in the epistle of Marianos to King metaphors) 4th century, unknown Calid, or Khalid ibn Yazid) 14. Buch der heiligen author, Demotic Greek, 9. Picatrix (Written in the Dreifaltigkeit by Frater various medieval Latin 11th century, Arabic, Ghāyat Ulmannus (Attributed to, translations, 154 recipes on alHakīm, The Aim of the early 15th century, German, purifying pearls, dying and Sage or The Goal of The Book of the Holy Trinity, colouring gemstones and Wise, Spanish translation describes the alchemical imitation gold and silver) 1258, Latin translation based process in terms of Christian 5. Smaragdine Table by on the Spanish, mythology) Hermes Trismegistus Hermeticism, Sabianism, 15. Corpus Hermeticum by (Attributed to, earliest Ismailism, magic, alchemy Marsilio Ficino (1463, version Arabic 68th century, and astrology) translation of Egyptian Latin translation 12th 10. Margarita Preciosa documents by unknown century, also called Emerald Novella by Petrus Bonus authors from the 3rd Tablet and Tabula (c13309, Latin, Precious century, Latin, foundational Smaragdina, short piece of New Pearl, later included in documents of the Hermetic cryptic work associated with Fasciculus Chemicus, tradition) the philosopher's stone) epigrams and extracts from 16. Apertorio alfabetale by 6. Kitab alKimya by Jabir earlier works) Christophorus Parisiensis ibn HaySampleyan (Written in the 11. Liber Ignium ad (14 66 ofiler 1476, Italian, late 8th century, Arabic, Comburendos Hostes by Alphabetical Repertoire, translated into English in Marcus Graecus (Attributed French translation Le grand © 201 6 Azukail Games Background: Inked Adventures.