In 2013, SHAC launched a new series of monograph-length supplements, Sources of Alchemy and Chemistry. This series will provide critical editions and English translations of some of the foundational texts in the history of alchemy and early chemistry: sources that have previously been inaccessible to the majority of scholars owing to a lack of modern editions. The series is overseen by an international editorial board under the general editorship of Jennifer Rampling and Lawrence Principe. It opened with one of the earliest known chemical texts – the Four Books of Pseudo-Democritus, edited by Matteo Martelli.

This exciting development has been made possible through the generosity of a private donor, which allows us not only to commission the best available scholarship, but also to provide Sources free of charge to SHAC subscribers.