Lost in the Library of Congress… and other adventures in Washington DC
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arms themselves with the power which knowledge gives. James Madison I am sitting in the Rare Book Room in the Library of Congress, looking at a book on alchemy that was published in 1676 in Hamburg, Germany. The book is by Edward Kelly (1555-1595) and is titled Edouardi Kellaei tracatus duo egregii De lapide philosophorum. It is displayed on a clear acrylic stand. It […]
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