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A dwarfish alchemist, caricatured because of the vanity of his obsession. Line engraving, c. 1720.
Wellcome Collection

A dwarfish alchemist, caricatured because of the vanity of his obsession. Line engraving, c. 1720.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Herr Blasius Rauchmantl, der frucht lossen alchimie kunst archi-sectator quintae elsentiae stultorum possessor ...

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