first edition Hardcover
1994 · Princeton, NJ
by Patai, Raphael
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 617pp. Octavo [24cm]. Bound in black cloth, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Mild bumping to extremities. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed. Prior retailer's price sticker affixed to rear panel of dust jacket. A history of Jewish involvement in what was for centuries one of humanity's most compelling intellectual obsessions: Alchemy. (Inventory #: 68026)