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Supernatural warhorses and headless phantom horses gallop through these stories

and the sinuous designs of nineteenth-century ironworkers inspired by the Art Nouveau aesthetic

Alchemy and Alchemists " Théophile Gautier's "The AmorousAlchemy, whose beginnings possibly in Egypt, Babylon, India, or China are ancient and obscure, remained undocumented until about 2500 BC. Although it may have originated with metallurgy, the practice rapidly developed an association with magic, pharmacy, and astrology. In this richly illustrated and amply researched study, a noted expert traces the long history of alchemy, from its murky start to modern times. Hermes Trismegistus and other famous