Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co

Date:
1925
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/1
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Parfumeur royal, ou traité des parfums, des plus beaux secrets qui entrent dans leur composition, etc. 1 leaf, 242 pp. 1 leaf. Well known work on perfums. Quattrami, da Gubbio. Vera dichiaratione di tutte le me- tafore, similitudini, et enimmi de gl’antichi filosofi alchimisti, tanto caldei et arabi, come greci et latini, usati da loro nella descrittione et compositione dell’oro potabile, elissire della vita, guinta essenza, et lapis filosofico. 12 leaves, 230 pp. 12 leaves. With printer’s device. 8vo. Vellum. Rome, 1587. Lit. 125.— Early, interesting alchemical work not quoted by the bibliographers. We mention: «La differenza che é fra li metalli vulgari da I cal delli alchimisti, che cosa sia oro dei filosofi, etc. - Rare. Rolfink, Guernerius. Non ens chimicum, mercurius metal- lorum et mineralium. Ordo et methodus medicinae specialis commentatoriae cognoscendi et curandi dolorem capitis. Two parts. 4 leaves, 24 pp., 4 leaves, 246 pp., mice. 4to. Vellum. Jena, 1670. Lit. 135.— Rolfink was a well known physician at Goce in the 17th cen- tury. [! Good work on pharmaceutical chemistry. Arabian text in the second work. - Browned. Secrets et fraudes de la Chymie et de la pharmacie moder- nes dévoilés. Large 8vo. Wrappers. La Haye, 1759. Lit. 45.— Deals especially with distillation. Wecker. Joh. Jacob. Antidotarium speciale. Two vols. 15 leaves. 898 pp., index. With printer’s device (repeated). 4to. Vellum. Bale, Eusebius Episcopius, 1577. Lit. 285.— First, rare edition ofthis very interesting work which deals with phar- macy, distillation, secret sciences, alchemy, meteorology, cosmetics, etc. It is collected from about 100 different authors, and is divided into three books. We mention: First book. De metallis, lapidibus preciosis {precious stones), de foliis, floribus, ftructibus, de radicibus, liquoris, animalibus venenosis; the second book deals entirely with distillation (500 pp.); the third deals exclusively with cosmetics and contains a great number of recipes for the preparation of cosmetics (80 pp.). - Blank Weckerus, Johannes. De secretis libri XVII, 8 leaves, 667 pp. 13 leaves. With several cuts in the text; Printer’s device. 8vo. Vellum. Basilea, 1598. Lit. 120.— The «Secreta » include secrets of metals, jewels, natural sciences, ma- gics, music, cosmetics, hermetical medicine, etc. - Rare. Zapata, Giov. Baptista. Maravigliosi secreti di medicina e chirurgia, con lVaggiunta di altri secreti. 20 leaves, 272 pp. 8vo. Vellum. Rome, 1586. Lit. 120.— Interesting work on preparation of medicaments, dealing also with dentistry. The last part of this book (ITf0 pp.) deals entirely with cos- metics and contains a very great nunber of curious cosmetical recipes. - Title slightly stained. S.C
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