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A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.

A wine-grower squirts sulphur on his crop. Pen and ink drawing by G. Ri.

A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.

An alchemist copying a text, surrounded by apparatus, attended by his dog. Wood engraving.

The magi sheltering in a cave on the way to Bethlehem; here representing mercury converted into sulphur, at the moment of its fixation in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, 17th century.

Traité du soufre, ou remarques sur la dispute qui s'est élevée entre les chymistes, au sujet du soufre, tant commun, combustible ou volatil, que fixe, etc / Traduit de l'Allemand. De Stahl [par P.H. Dietrich, baron d'Holbach].

Sulphur in Iceland / by C. Carter Blake.

On the isolation of the missing sulphur urea / by J. Emerson Reynolds.

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A wine-grower squirts sulphur on his crop. Pen and ink drawing by G. Ri.

Traité du soufre, ou remarques sur la dispute qui s'est élevée entre les chymistes, au sujet du soufre, tant commun, combustible ou volatil, que fixe, etc / Traduit de l'Allemand. De Stahl [par P.H. Dietrich, baron d'Holbach].

Sulphur in Iceland / by C. Carter Blake.

On the isolation of the missing sulphur urea / by J. Emerson Reynolds.

A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.