Comparison of Collections

This table shows the comparative strengths of some of the major collections of alchemical books. This data has been extracted from my database which is essentially a union catalogue of the Ferguson, Young, Duveen, Wolfenbuttel and British Library collections, which lists at present 4678 books with 2810 unique works.

Total known books
4678 --- 1667 German --- 1707 Latin --- 432 English --- 544 French --- 69 Dutch

Ferguson
2574 --- 720 German --- 997 Latin --- 344 English --- 309 French --- 36 Dutch

Wisconsin Duveen
1361 --- 374 German --- 542 Latin --- 191 English --- 201 French --- 5 Dutch

British Library
1072 --- 365 German --- 465 Latin --- 81 English --- 113 French --- 18 Dutch

Young
1055 --- 593 German --- 340 Latin --- 33 English --- 61 French ---12 Dutch

Wolfenbuttel
331 --- 139 German --- 170 Latin --- 1 English --- 10 French --- 0 Dutch

Alchemical texts

16th Century
Practical alchemy
Philosophical alchemy

17th Century
Practical alchemy
Philosophical alchemy

18th Century
Practical alchemy
Philosophical alchemy

Alchemical poetry

Alchemical allegories

Works of Nicolas Flamel
Works of George Ripley
Works of Sendivogius
Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
Emerald tablet of Hermes
Rosicrucian texts
Literary works
Texts from Musaeum Hermeticum

Spanish alchemical texts
German alchemical texts
French alchemical texts
Russian alchemical texts
Italian alchemical texts

Study Courses

Alchemical, astrological and
emblematic art prints

Alchemy and art

Art books Series

Study course on Bosch's
Garden of Earthly Delights
New Hieronymus Bosch Website