Rare work on falconry and the breeding and training of falcons, hawks, and sparrowhawks, with notes on their feeding and care. - Few old notes to... Show moreRare work on falconry and the breeding and training of falcons, hawks, and sparrowhawks, with notes on their feeding and care. - Few old notes to margins; slightly browned. Main Heritage Shelves General SK321 .G56 1558 Book Item-ID: i17066967 BIB-ID: 1525362 Show less
Compvesta por el sabio alcaide Abvlcacim Tarif Abentarique, de nacion arabe. Nvevamente tradvzida de la lengua arabiga por Miguel de Luna. On t. p.... Show moreCompvesta por el sabio alcaide Abvlcacim Tarif Abentarique, de nacion arabe. Nvevamente tradvzida de la lengua arabiga por Miguel de Luna. On t. p., device of Gabriel de León. p. [5], coat of arms of Don Pedro Pacheco Girón, to whom the edition is dedicated by the publisher. The second part has special title page: Segvnda parte de la Historia de la perdida de España ... 1653. The first edition of the first part (1592) has title: La verdadera historia del rey don Rodrigo. A literary forgery, written by Luna himself. cf.Ticknor, History of Spanish literature, 1849, v.1 p.215, note. Palau 144076 (see also 144072). Show less
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Z233.G4 B73 1544
Commentary on the Islamic alchemist Geber (Jābir ibn Hayyān) by Giovanni Braccesco, alchemist and physician from Brescia. The Esposition is... Show moreCommentary on the Islamic alchemist Geber (Jābir ibn Hayyān) by Giovanni Braccesco, alchemist and physician from Brescia. The Esposition is arranged as a dialogue between instructor and student on how to guard against infirmities of the "humid radical." Also included is Braccesco's "Legna della vita...." which discusses the means by which man's ancestors lived 900 years. The "legna della vita" or "wood of life" is also called the Universal Balsam or Panacea, which cures all diseases and maintains youth. di misser Giouanni Bracescho da Iorci noui, nella qvale si dichiarano molti nobilissimi secreti della natura ... Text printed in italic type. Leaves 74r-83r: Dialogo di M. Giouanni Braccescho da Iorci noui, nominato il legno della uita: nel quale si dichiara qual fusse la medicina per la quale gli primi padri, uiueano nouecento anni. Show less
