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Alchemy and Alchemists and the sinuous designs ofAlchemy, whose beginnings possibly in Egypt, Babylon, India, or China are ancient and obscure, remained undocumented until about 2500 BC. Although it may have originated with metallurgy, the practice rapidly developed an association with magic, pharmacy, and astrology. In this richly illustrated and amply researched study, a noted expert traces the long history of alchemy, from its murky start to modern times. Hermes Trismegistus and other famous