1 volume<br/>726 pages 8vo. 161/2 x 101/ ; 2 cm Original vellum binding.

F., J. V. & W., J.

18 unnumbered leaves, 440 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves, folded engr. plates : add. engr. title page, woodcut illustrations ; (12mo)

Antonii Neri Florentini, De arte vitraria libri septem / et eosdem Christophori Merretti observationes et notae. In quibus omne gemmarum artificialium, encaustorum et laccarum artificium explicatur.

1 volume<br/>1 leaf + 134 pages + 4 leaves last 2 blank. 4to. 191/2 x 141/ : ; 2 cm Modern boards. The lower corner of the title-page is defective. Illustrated by pen and wash drawings of alchemical apparatus, stills, etc.

Amatis, Philippus Jacobus Josephus de.

1 volume<br/>282 pages + 15 folios. 8vo. 16.5 x 10. ; 5 cm On vellum. Modern stamped morocco binding. Some leaves are wanting between pages 258 and pages 259, as noted by the early 16th cent. owner who added the pagination.  The text on pages 76 has almost entirely faded, and in other passages the original text has been written over and partly restored by the same 16th cent. hand. Written in a small current humanistic hand, 39 lines to a page. Some headings in red-mostly faded. On pages 121, 126, 175 are small pen-drawings of alchemical apparatus, and on page 276 a larger wash-drawing of a furnace ('stufa sicca et furnus philosophorum'). Last unpaginated leaf verso: tiriaca est a medicis appellata.

Alchemical and medical miscellany.

1 volume<br/>63 leaves folio. 29 x 21 1/ ; 2 cm Modern vellum binding. Many margins frayed and repaired, dampstained throughout.  The second part begins on foleave 39, and is probably of slightly later date than the first part. The paper bears a crescent water-mark, recorded by Briquet No. 5222 as Venice 1476.

Collection of short alchemical tracts and receipts in Italian: followed by an incomplete collection of medical, technical and alchemical receipts (Miscellanea Alchemica XXXIV).

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F., J. V. & W., J.

Antonii Neri Florentini, De arte vitraria libri septem / et eosdem Christophori Merretti observationes et notae. In quibus omne gemmarum artificialium, encaustorum et laccarum artificium explicatur.

Amatis, Philippus Jacobus Josephus de.

Alchemical and medical miscellany.

Collection of short alchemical tracts and receipts in Italian: followed by an incomplete collection of medical, technical and alchemical receipts (Miscellanea Alchemica XXXIV).

Precious stones, Artificial

Works from the collections

F., J. V. & W., J.

Antonii Neri Florentini, De arte vitraria libri septem / et eosdem Christophori Merretti observationes et notae. In quibus omne gemmarum artificialium, encaustorum et laccarum artificium explicatur.

Amatis, Philippus Jacobus Josephus de.

Alchemical and medical miscellany.

Collection of short alchemical tracts and receipts in Italian: followed by an incomplete collection of medical, technical and alchemical receipts (Miscellanea Alchemica XXXIV).

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