Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum first published in 1652, is an extensively annotated compilation of English alchemical literature acquired by the English alchemist and antiquarian Elias Ashmole. The boo
Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
George Ripley's Wheel, from Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, 1652
Edward Kelley
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Edward Kelley or Kelly, also known as Edward Talbot, was an English Renaissance occultist and scryer. He is known for working with John Dee in his magical investigations. Besides the professed ability
Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
…contains the rhyming verse of many alchemists, poets, mathematicians &c, such as Thomas Norton, George Ripley, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, John Dee, Edward Kelley, John Lydgate, John Dastin and William Backhouse. The quantity of manuscripts acquired by Ashmole was of such a mass, that he planned to publish multiple…
An 18th-century engraving of Edward Kelley
Statue of Kelley at Hněvín Castle in Most, Czech Republic