Gehennical fire: the lives of george starkey, an american alchemist in the scientific revolution
Auteur :
Newman, William R.
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674341715
Date de publication :
8 déc. 1994
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
735 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Eirenaeus Philalethes was reputed to have performed miracles—restoring an aged lady’s teeth and hair, bringing a withered peach tree to fruit—and was also rumored to possess a philosophers’ stone. That he was merely a mythical creation didn't diminish his public reputation a whit. This is the story of the man behind the myth, George Starkey.