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Artis auriferae, quam chemiam vocant. Basel: Conrad Waldkirch, 1610. 3 parts in one volume, 8° (163 x 96mm). Woodcut illustrations, woodcut device on second and third titles. (Without final blank, some repaired leaves, occasionally with small losses, small clean tears, occasional staining, browning and soiling, few burn holes.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (lacking ties, some chips and stains). Provenance: Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum (bookseller’s ticket).
IMPORTANT AND RARE EDITION: THE FIRST ONE TO CONTAIN THE THIRD VOLUME with works by Lull, Albertus Magnus and Arnaldus de Villa Nova. This collection of alchemical tracts was first issued in 1572 and it contains the Aurora Consurgens and the Rosarium philosophorum with woodcuts illustrations. Caillet 477 (‘Recueil rare et important’); Duveen p.29-30; Ferguson i, 51-52 (‘One of the chief collections of standard alchemical authors’); VD17 14:628594C, 14:628577N, 14:628593V.
IMPORTANT AND RARE EDITION: THE FIRST ONE TO CONTAIN THE THIRD VOLUME with works by Lull, Albertus Magnus and Arnaldus de Villa Nova. This collection of alchemical tracts was first issued in 1572 and it contains the Aurora Consurgens and the Rosarium philosophorum with woodcuts illustrations. Caillet 477 (‘Recueil rare et important’); Duveen p.29-30; Ferguson i, 51-52 (‘One of the chief collections of standard alchemical authors’); VD17 14:628594C, 14:628577N, 14:628593V.
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