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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    10 il Actuarius — Alberti 3 Gee Swiss Francs Venetiis, Melchior Sessa, 1541. 16mo. W. printer’s mark on title. 143 n. IL, 14 1 bl, 8 ll. Index. Old limp vell. 24,— A rare edition of the pharmocopoeia of Joannes Actuarius, son of Zacharias, who was physician at the Byzantine court at the end of the XIIIth cent. Some old marginal notes. Sl. waterstained. — De urinus lib. VI. Ambr. Leone Nolano interprete. Ant. Thylesius Consentinus. De coloribus. Paulus Aegineta. De crisi et diebus decretoriis, eorumque signis fragmentum. Andr. Leennii epistola in qua urinae stu- dium commendat. Basil., ap. haer. Andr. Cratandri (1529). 8vo. 8 unn. Il., 447 p. W. 1 woodcut (urine-glass), fig. initials & printer’s mark at the end. Old limp vell. 40.— Choulant, p. 184. Hirsch I. 51. Famous early treatise on uroscopy. Actuarius, physician at the court of the Palaeologi (ab. 1280) was one of the most celebrated uroscopists of all times. ,,He obser- ved the value of the consideration of the urine and the pulse in prognose and introduced the use of a graduated glass to measure the deposits in urine”. Good copy. Agricola, Georg. De re metallica ll. XII. De animantibus subterraneis ll. V. De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra ll. [V. De natura fossilium ll. X. De vete- ribus & novis metallis ll. HW. Bermannus, sive de re metallica, Dialogus. Basi- leae 1657. Fol. 7 unn. IL, 708 numb. pp., 45 unn. Il. With numerous very interesting woodcuts, some full-page. Old vellum. 120.— Graesse I, p. 483. — The mostcomplete edition of the collected works of Agri- cola, illustrated by the original woodcuts. All writings of Agricola on mining, metallurgy, mineralogy and geology are here collected. At the end there is a vocabulary in Latin a. German of the terms used in the writings. Sl. brownstained throughout, a few marginal notes. Complete copy. Agricola, Joa. (Peurle). Medicinae herbariae lib. IJ, quorum primus habet herbas huius sec. medicis communes cum veteribus, Dioscoride vid., Galeno, Oribasio, Paulo, Aetio, Plinio, secundus a recentibus medicis inventas continet herbas atque alias praeclaras medicinas. Basil., offic. Barth. Westhemeri, 1539. sm.-8vo. 336 p., 32 unn. Il., last bearing the printer‘s mark. Old blind- stamped vell. 48.— Hirsch I. 70. A rare book of Joannes Agricola, surnamed Ammonius, a famous professor at the uni- versity of Ingolstadt, and one of the most renowned physicians of his time. A little stained by water. Good copy. Agrippa, Henr. Cornelius, ab Nettesheym. De incertitudine et vanitate scien- tiarum. (? Coloniae) 1537. 8vo. Withtheauthor‘s woodcut-portrait on title. Calf, g. b. 40.— A rare, early edition of Agrippa‘s principal work, a critical survey of the scientific knowledge of his day, dealing extensively with Medicine, Astrology, Alchemy, Magic, N ec r o- mancy and the Cabala. On the title-page an old entry, some underlinings and stains, but a good copy. Alberti, M. Tractatus de Haemorrhodibus in quo schediasmata quaedam archia- tri Stahli, veram Haemorrhoidum doctrinam exponentia, praemittuntur. Cum praefatione epistolica Stahli ad authorem directa. Halle 1722. 4to. W. title- vignette, many woodcut-vignettes and capitals. Old spotted calf, g. b. 30.— Very well-preserved copy.