PORTA, Giovanni Battista della. De Distillatione Lib. IX, Rome: Reu, Camera Apostolica, 1608, 4°, FIRST EDITION, full-page engraved portrait of the author by I. Laurus, 35 woodcut illustrations (upper margin of title lightly wormed and restored, just affecting one letter, some light spotting), contemporary limp vellum. [Duveen p. 481: "this book is as rare as it is beautiful"; Norman 1725]

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PORTA, Giovanni Battista della. De Distillatione Lib. IX, Rome: Reu, Camera Apostolica, 1608, 4°, FIRST EDITION, full-page engraved portrait of the author by I. Laurus, 35 woodcut illustrations (upper margin of title lightly wormed and restored, just affecting one letter, some light spotting), contemporary limp vellum. [Duveen p. 481: "this book is as rare as it is beautiful"; Norman 1725]

Provenance

"Jo. B. Carcani, physici", ownership inscription to title.

Lot Essay

The nine books deal with the various kinds of distillation: methods of extraction, the preparation of scented distilled waters, oils distilled from resins, oils distilled from woods, the distillation of corrosive mineral acids, the properties of these acids, distillation of alcohol from wine and the preparation of various ointments.

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