Alchemy Book

Overview
Alchemy Books are personal tomes of knowledge used by most practitioners of alchemy in Canticlyth. The Alchemist's alchemy book will typically be 2-3 inches thick, whereas an eldritch knight or arcane trickster's will only be about .5 to 1 inch thick. The pages of an alchemy book are made of Alchemic Parchment, which is imbuned with the essence of the four basic elements, as well as the Tria Prima (salt, mercury, and sulfur). This allows alchemists to perform a wide variety of spells without obtaining external components.

Casting Spells
Casting a spell using an alchemy book required the drawing of a transmutation circle on one of the pages, typically in the back. Most alchemists are known to take notes, even on alchemic parchment, simply to avoid carrying two books around all the time. To cast a spell, the caster tears out the page on which the transmutation circle is written. They would then touch the parchment with an alchemic focus, activating the spell. Depending on the spell, an alchemist may place the parchment on the ground, wrap it around the focus, or simply hold it in their hand. This is dependent on how much "aiming" is involved with the spell.

Physical Properties of the Alchemy Book
Alchemic parchment is a grainy form of paper found in alchemy books. It looks and feels like a relatively smooth sandpaper, with a dark beige hue. Many alchemy books contain a compartment in or attached to the spine to store an alchemic focus. Some of these also allow spells to be cast without removing the focus to begin with. Additionally, there are a few books that have integrated focuses that cannot be removed. Each book contains about 300 pages per inch, and a starting Alchemist's book is 2.5 inches thick (750 pages). How their alchemic focus works is up to them (whether or not and how it is removed).