Sales catalogue 230: Gilhofer & Ranschburg

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/34/9
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 230: Gilhofer & Ranschburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    29 30 31 Arnoldus — Ars aurifera Swiss Francs Menschlichen Lebens. Sammt d. vollkommenen Procef u. deren Praeparation. Andere Auflage. Dresden, Gottfr. Lesche, 1719. 8vo. Swn. 30.— Ferguson I, 48. Interesting medical and chemical treatise on a new mixture to which great healing po- wer is attributed. A little stained copy. ARNOLDUS DE VILLA NOVA. Dyser Tractat helt in von be- raytung der Wein / zu gesundhait vnnd nutzbarkeit d. Menschen. Vnd wie man gutten Essick machen sol. With large title- woodcutinthestyleof Weiditz. — Attheend: .. . Augs- purg durch Hainrich Stainer / Am XXIII] Novembris MDXXIX Jars (1529). Small 4to. 16 unn. Il., last blank. Bds. 300.— German translation of the Latin original edition of the famous ,,Trac- tatus de vinis’ which appeared about 1500 at Paris, made by Wilh. v. Hirn- hoff. Most interesting treatise dealing with the cultivation and preparation of wine, containing followings chapters: Von schaden der trunckenheit. Wein der zu stark treibt. Wein wider die Verstopffung der miltz der lebern vnnd wider die gelsucht. Wermut Wein. Von Essich zu machen etc., etc. Perfect and good copy, somewhat browned and waterstained in places. — Regulae universales curationis morborum 345 aphorismis G. Pictorii com- mentariis ill. — G. Gazio, Evacuandi ratio — G. Pictor, Consolationes quatuordecim rerum fortuito evenmentium, quibus adnexa sunt L. A. Senecae fortuitorum praesentiss. remedia — Eiusd. Epicyliciarum quaestionum libri X. Basiliae 1565. 8vo. 328 pp., w. printer’s device at the end. Old limp vell. 40.— Artis auriferae, quam chemiam vocant, volumina duo; _ prim. cont. Turbam philosophorum aliosque antiquiss. autores, sec. cont. Morieni Romani scripta de re metallica atque de occulta sum- maque antiquor. medicina. 2 vols. in 1. Basil., Conr. Waldkirch, 1593. tick-8vo. W. 21 curious woodcuts in the text & printer's mark at end of vol. I. Old vell. w. letters MIGTCP & date 1606; tapes. 200.— Ferguson I, p. 52: . »One of the chief collections of standard alchemical authors.“ Ver y rare. The I st part contains 24 tracts, among which: Liber Secretorum Cali- dis filii Jazichi, Aristoteles de lapide philosophorum, Avicenna de congluti- natione lapidis, Merlini allegoria de Arcano lapidis, Rachaidibi de materia la- pidis, etc. Part II contains: Bernardi Trevir. responsio ad Thomam de Bononia de mineralibus et elixiris, Ludus puerorum, Rogerius Bacho de mirabili pote- state artis & naturae, etc. Title-leaf of vol. I sl. stained and repaired; a little browned in places, but in good condition.
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