Ambix: The Journal of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry [109 Issues+Index] [Alchemy]
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- Cambridge, UK: W. Heffner & Sons Ltd.; Black Bear Press Ltd.; Maney Publishing, 2023
Cambridge, UK: W. Heffner & Sons Ltd.; Black Bear Press Ltd.; Maney Publishing, 2023. First printing. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First printing. Original Wraps. "Ambix is an internationally recognized, peer-reviewed quarterly journal devoted to publishing high-quality, original research and book reviews in the intellectual, social and cultural history of alchemy and chemistry. It publishes studies, discussions, and primary sources relevant to the historical experience of all areas related to alchemy and chemistry covering all periods (ancient to modern) and geographical regions. Topics covered by Ambix include, but are not limited to, interactions between alchemy and chemistry and other disciplines; chemical medicine and pharmacy; molecular sciences; practices allied to material, instrumental, institutional and visual cultures; environmental chemistry; the chemical industry; the appearance of alchemy and chemistry within popular culture; biographical and historiographical studies; and the study of issues related to gender, race, and colonial experience within the context of chemistry."--Publisher. Ambix is one of the oldest journals of the history of science in the English-speaking world, it was founded in 1936 and has appeared continuously from 1937 to the present, other than from 1939 to 1945 during World War II. It is currently published by the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. This set is incomplete but begins with 1937...2023. There are a few reprints of the earliers issues. Also included is the Table of Contents and Cumulative Index, 1937-2003, compiled by William A. Smeaton and William H. Brock.
From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir, alchemist, artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work, The Emerald Tablet, a series of Alchemical ‘Zines, Alchemical Meditations, Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy. He has presented seminars and workshops around the world on various aspects of the alchemy.
Khepri Press was started in 2014 as a place to organize and distribute his work. It is a very small press dedicated to alchemical book arts. Some of this work is publishable and others may exist only in manuscript or object form – alchemical results or talismans. The Ambix collection is not full run, but each issue has articles on alchemy. Minor shelfwear, light foxing, smudging, buckling, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo. (Digest). var.pg. Index. Perfect bindings. [Incomplete run]. Beginning with 1937...2023.
From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir, alchemist, artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work, The Emerald Tablet, a series of Alchemical ‘Zines, Alchemical Meditations, Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy. He has presented seminars and workshops around the world on various aspects of the alchemy.
Khepri Press was started in 2014 as a place to organize and distribute his work. It is a very small press dedicated to alchemical book arts. Some of this work is publishable and others may exist only in manuscript or object form – alchemical results or talismans. The Ambix collection is not full run, but each issue has articles on alchemy. Minor shelfwear, light foxing, smudging, buckling, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo. (Digest). var.pg. Index. Perfect bindings. [Incomplete run]. Beginning with 1937...2023.