: ▁ <0xE2> <0x85> <0xA0> , ▁" The ▁Con cept ▁of ▁Al ch emy " ▁(); ▁ <0xE2> <0x85> <0xA1> , ▁" The ▁Theory ▁of ▁Al ch emy " ▁(); ▁ <0xE2> <0x85> <0xA2> , ▁" The ▁Pract ice ▁of ▁Al ch emy " ▁( ). ▁These ▁are ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁section ▁of ▁five ▁" Documents " ▁( Ital ian ▁edition ▁has ▁ten ), ▁which ▁are ▁ex cer pts ▁taken ▁from ▁well - known ▁texts ▁on ▁al ch emy : ▁ 1 , ▁The ▁earliest ▁sources ; ▁ 2 , ▁The ▁medieval ▁myst ics ▁and ▁scient ists ; ▁ 3 , ▁The ▁triumph ▁of ▁Herm et ism ▁in ▁the ▁Renaissance ; ▁ 4 , ▁Al ch emy ▁in ▁the ▁modern ▁era ; ▁ 5 , ▁Al ch emy ▁in ▁literature . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁further ▁reading , ▁where ▁is ▁also ▁included ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁English ▁sources . ▁The ▁book ▁clos es ▁with ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁illustr ations ▁and ▁an ▁index . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁work ▁by ▁Andrea ▁A rom at ico ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁English , ▁and ▁other ▁transl ations ▁including ▁Japanese , ▁Korean , ▁Polish , ▁Spanish ▁and ▁simplified ▁Chinese , ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁French ▁version . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁opens ▁with ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁reprodu ctions ▁of ▁some ▁elaborate ▁images ▁from ▁, ▁accompanied ▁by ▁texts ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁Emer ald ▁Table t , ▁the ▁essential ▁text ▁of ▁Herm etic ▁philosophy , ▁or ▁al ch emy , ▁which ▁was ▁born ▁of ▁the ▁oldest