A woodcut engraving depicting the Twelfth Key of the Legendary Basil Valentine, symbolising the successful making of the Philosophers Stone. The lion eating the snake is an emblem of one element transforming another. Dated 17th century

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Caption: A woodcut engraving depicting the Twelfth Key of the Legendary Basil Valentine, symbolising the successful making of the Philosophers Stone. The lion eating the snake is an emblem of one element transforming another. Dated 17th century

Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive

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Image size: 5100 × 3600 px | 52.5 MB

Print size: 43.2 × 30.5 cm | 2007.9 × 1417.3 in (300 dpi)

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