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The artists volunteered their services and worked independently of each other

but in time

These and many other facets of alchemy are explored with enormous insight and erudition in this classic work

this book is the ideal resource for naturalists

The Ship of Fools the proceedings were taken downPublished in 1494 in Basel, The Ship of Fools was soon translated into every major European language. It provoked a vast number of imitations and remained steadily in print through the eighteenth century (with sporadic reprints after that). It still possesses an enormous vigor and vitality. The book owes its long life to an imagination, wit, and humor rich with insights into human nature, yet neither bitter nor namby pamby. Its commentary on the