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Engraving of four bearded philosophers behind a balustrade with scrolls, above small figures working at a furnace in a checkered room, within a foliate border.

Theatrum chemicum Britannicum. Containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the Hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language / Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon, by Elias Ashmole, esq. Qui est Mercuriophilus anglicus. The first part.

An engraved frontispiece with an architectural arch framing four bearded men at a stone balustrade, each with a scroll of text above. Below, small figures work at a checkered floor beside a furnace and vessels, with a rat and a frog in the lower border. Decorative vine and insect borders surround the scene.

Artist
Elias Ashmole
Date
1652
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3108 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1652.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Grabado alquímico con cuatro filósofos barbudos y pergaminos

Un grabado frontispicio con un arco arquitectónico que enmarca a cuatro hombres barbudos tras una balaustrada de piedra, cada uno con un pergamino de texto sobre la cabeza. Abajo, pequeñas figuras trabajan sobre un suelo de cuadros junto a un horno y recipientes, con una rata y una rana en el borde inferior.

Português: Gravura alquímica com quatro filósofos barbudos e faixas de texto

Uma gravura frontispício com um arco arquitetônico que emoldura quatro homens barbudos atrás de uma balaustrada de pedra, cada um com uma faixa de texto acima da cabeça. Embaixo, pequenas figuras trabalham sobre um piso xadrez ao lado de um forno e vasos, com um rato e um sapo na borda inferior.

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