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Engraved title page with lettering at top and a workshop scene below, two figures tending flasks and a furnace among hanging vessels and shelves.

Two workers in an alchemist's laboratory, surrounded by chemical receptacles and equipment. Engraving, 1669.

Engraved title page of a book, Traité De La Chymie par N. Le Febure, Tom 1, with a laboratory scene below: two figures work among flasks, alembics, a furnace, and a mortar in a cluttered workshop. The imprint at the foot reads A Leyde, Chez Arnoud Doude, 1660, and a dark border frames the ink-line picture.

Artist
Veenhuysen, Jan, active 1656-1685.
Date
1669
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2105 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1669.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Portada del Traité de la Chymie de N. Le Febure, con escena de laboratorio alquímico

Portada grabada de un libro, Traité De La Chymie par N. Le Febure, Tom 1, con una escena de laboratorio debajo: dos figuras trabajan entre matraces, alambiques, un horno y un mortero en un taller abarrotado. El pie de imprenta dice A Leyde, Chez Arnoud Doude, 1660, y un borde oscuro enmarca la ilustración de líneas.

Português: Frontispício do Traité de la Chymie de N. Le Febure, com cena de laboratório alquímico

Frontispício gravado de um livro, Traité De La Chymie par N. Le Febure, Tom 1, com uma cena de laboratório abaixo: duas figuras trabalham entre frascos, alambiques, um forno e um almofariz em uma oficina lotada. O rodapé indica A Leyde, Chez Arnoud Doude, 1660, e uma borda escura emoldura a ilustração em linhas.

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