Libraries and Special Collections of Alchemical Books and Manuscripts

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The Ferguson Collection
The Young Collection
Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica web site
The Duveen Collection at Wisconsin
The Manly Palmer Hall Collection
The British Library
The Bodleian Library
The Wellcome Institute
The Verginelli-Rota collection in Rome
The Masonic Collection at the University of Poznan

Comparison of the various collections of books
Comparison of the various collections of manuscripts.
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