Bacstrom's Alchemical Anthology Edited with an introduction by J.W. Hamilton-Jones
Publication: 1960 John Watkins First Edition limited to 500 copies
Sigismond Bacstom (ca. 1750-1805) was an alchemist and physician of Scandinavian origin, who was also said to a member of the Societas Rosae Crucis. In addition to undertaking his own experiments, he was responsible for translating a number of European alchemical works into English, many with his own commentaries. As far as is known none of these were published until this work appeared in 1960. The editor, J. W. Hamilton-Jones, was a well-known Freemason, Theosophist, and member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.), who published a number of important translations of little-known alchemical and hermetic texts.
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