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![SCHOTT, Gaspar (1608-1666). Schola Steganographica. Nuremberg: Endter, exc. Hertz, 1680 [engraved title dated 1665]. Small 4° (20 x 156mm). Half title, engraved and printed title, 8 engraved and 3 typographic folding plates, (quire {}2 misbound, light waterstaining). 19th-century half morocco](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1995/CKS/1995_CKS_05424_0277_000(103233).jpg?w=1)
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SCHOTT, Gaspar (1608-1666). Schola Steganographica. Nuremberg: Endter, exc. Hertz, 1680 [engraved title dated 1665]. Small 4° (20 x 156mm). Half title, engraved and printed title, 8 engraved and 3 typographic folding plates, (quire {}2 misbound, light waterstaining). 19th-century half morocco
Re-issue of the 1665 edition of this scientific compendium of cryptography, secret writing and also 'magnetic secret signals'. Caillet 10007
SCHOTT, Gaspar. Magia Universalis Naturae et Artis. Vols.II-IV (lacking vol.I). Bamberg: J.A.Cholim and Schönwetter, 1674-77 [engraved titles dated 1657 and 1659]. 3 volumes, sm.4° (20 x 155mm). Vol.II: additional engraved title, instructions to the binder and 31 engraved plates (small marginal tear in pl.5); vol.III: 20 engraved plates of 21, but plate 8 = plate 1 in vol.IV), (lacking engraved title); vol.IV. additional engraved title, 8 engraved plates. (Ferguson calls for 13 plates, but this copy appears to be complete; occasional light waterstaining). 19th-century half morocco. Re-issue of the edition of 1657-1659. Ferguson II, 340; Ferguson ibliographical Notes on Histories of Inventions and Books of Secrets I,17 and index; Caillet III 10003. The second volume 'Acustica' deals almost entirely with music (4)
Re-issue of the 1665 edition of this scientific compendium of cryptography, secret writing and also 'magnetic secret signals'. Caillet 10007
SCHOTT, Gaspar. Magia Universalis Naturae et Artis. Vols.II-IV (lacking vol.I). Bamberg: J.A.Cholim and Schönwetter, 1674-77 [engraved titles dated 1657 and 1659]. 3 volumes, sm.4° (20 x 155mm). Vol.II: additional engraved title, instructions to the binder and 31 engraved plates (small marginal tear in pl.5); vol.III: 20 engraved plates of 21, but plate 8 = plate 1 in vol.IV), (lacking engraved title); vol.IV. additional engraved title, 8 engraved plates. (Ferguson calls for 13 plates, but this copy appears to be complete; occasional light waterstaining). 19th-century half morocco. Re-issue of the edition of 1657-1659. Ferguson II, 340; Ferguson ibliographical Notes on Histories of Inventions and Books of Secrets I,17 and index; Caillet III 10003. The second volume 'Acustica' deals almost entirely with music (4)