Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.
Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.
Wellcome Collection

Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

1698

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Der Alchymist oder Goldmacher - Der Nutz offt ist Nichts als Küh-Mist ...

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