Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS411.1 .L56 1619
Main Heritage Shelves General DS411.1 .L56 1619 Book Item-ID: i2346219x BIB-ID: 2505528 With: Le grand routier de mer / de Iean Hughes de Linschot... Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DS411.1 .L56 1619 Book Item-ID: i2346219x BIB-ID: 2505528 With: Le grand routier de mer / de Iean Hughes de Linschot Hollandais. À Amsterdan : chez Iean Evertsz Cloppenburch, 1619. Show less
Mineral waters, Mineral waters--Early works to 1700, R126 .D43 1553
Main Heritage Shelves General R126 .D43 1553 Book Item-ID: i22792089 BIB-ID: 1951293 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General R126 .D43 1553 Book Item-ID: i22792089 BIB-ID: 1951293 Show less
Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800, QD25 .J33 1541
First edition of a miscellaneous work on Alchemy which gathers some works of different authors, being Gebri, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, considered the... Show moreFirst edition of a miscellaneous work on Alchemy which gathers some works of different authors, being Gebri, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, considered the father of the Arab chemistry, the author who opens the volume which includes parts of four of his works. His treatises are followed by a short one, Speculum Alchemiae, traditionally credited to Roger Bacon, on the origin and composition of metals; a work by Richardus Anglicus; and another treatise of the Arab author Khalid ibn Yazid al-Umawi. The volume ends with the Tabula Smaragdina and its comment. The Tabula Smaragdina is a concise, compact and cryptic piece reputed to contain the secret of the prima materia and its transmutation, highly regarded by European alchemists as the foundation of their art. It is attributed to Hermes Trimegistus but, virtually all literature ascribed to this name is incorrectly so attributed. Although technically it is not the name of a real person in origin, it became regarded as such from early times. This text was a popular summary of alchemical principles, wherein the secrets of the philosopher's stone were thought to have been described. The last text of the whole edition is a commentary by the medieval alchemist Hortulanus, who composed his commentary before 1325. It is the second part of a work in which Hortulanus believes alcohol or quintessence is the hidden primordial heat in all material things. Signatures: aa-bb⁴, cc2, a-z⁴, A-Z⁴, & Woodcuts in initials; xilographic paintings Main Heritage Shelves General QD25 .J33 1541 Book Item-ID: i2150054x BIB-ID: 1946517 Some of the text are translated from Arabic. Show less
Botany, Botany--Pre-Linnean works, Conifers--Early works to 1800, Gums and resins--Early works to 1800, Árboles, Botany, Conifers, Gums and resins, QK41 .B47
Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800, QD25 .J33 1531
GEBER De alchimia libri tres. Eiusdem liber investigationis perfecti magisterij, artis alchimicae. Lis additus liber trium verborum. Epistola item... Show moreGEBER De alchimia libri tres. Eiusdem liber investigationis perfecti magisterij, artis alchimicae. Lis additus liber trium verborum. Epistola item Alexandri Imperatoris, qui primus regnavit in Graecia. Parsarum quoque exitit Imperator: Super eadem re. [colophon:] Strasbourg, Jean Gruninger, 29 August 1531. Folio, 120p with large title woodcut and numerous large Woodcut illustrations; a good, large copy, washed, in modern vellum. Extremely rare, and finely illustrated edition of this famous work, also known under the title Summa perfectionis. This was the last work printed by Gruninger, famous for his illustrated books: the title woodcut here is probably by Wechtelin. Gruninger first issued it in 1529, an edition which appears to be even rarer than the present one. Gruninger's is the first illustrated edition of Geber. Centainly, De alchimia and the other works of the Geberian corpus were of greatest influence on Western chemistry and "whether they by translations or elaborations, they represent the amount of Arabic chemical knowledge made available to Latin reading people toward the end of the thirteenth century" (Sarton II, p. 1044). DAB, 7, 37-39; EI, II, pp. 357-59; Sezgin, IV, pp. 132-269. BMSTC German Books p. 434; Ritter, Bibliotheque Nationale de Strasburg 937; NUC records only one location, Yale University. Show less
Lot No:99 Main Heritage Shelves General JC89 .P36 1602 Book Item-ID: i22798389 BIB-ID: 1951321 Panciroli, Guido, 1523-1599. Commentariorum, in Notitiam ... Show moreLot No:99 Main Heritage Shelves General JC89 .P36 1602 Book Item-ID: i22798389 BIB-ID: 1951321 Panciroli, Guido, 1523-1599. Commentariorum, in Notitiam vtranqve Imperii Romani. Liber Secundus. Venetiis : Apud Ioan. Antonium, & Iacobum de Franciscis, MDCII Panciroli, Guido, 1523-1599. De qvattvordecim Regionibvs vrbis Romae earvmdemqve aedificiis tam publicis qum priuatis. Libellvs Eodem Praestantissimo Ivre consvlto Liber Secundus. Venetiis : Apud Ioan. Anto. & Iacobum de Franciscis Frat., 1602 Show less
Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, R128 .C43 1515
Title in red and black with attractive woodcut depicting the beheading of Saint Symphorian, with Champier and his wife nkeeling before the martyr... Show moreTitle in red and black with attractive woodcut depicting the beheading of Saint Symphorian, with Champier and his wife nkeeling before the martyr in prayer; final four leaves of index (and blank) bound at the beginning; with all the blanks; a fine copy, in contemporary blind tooled calf, bookplate of J. Renard on front paste-down. First edition of one of the rarest of Champier's early medical works, published between 1509 and 1515 in Lyons and unknown to Allut (Etude Biographique & Bibliographique sur Symphorien Champier, Lyons, 1859). Champier, physician, surgeon, humanist and chronicler, wrote many and various books, amongst them the first important history of medicine, De medicinae claris scriptoribus in quinque partibus tractatus (Lyons, 1506). Adams C1328; Bird 538; BMSTC French Books p. 99; Durling 937; IA 135.496; besides the copy in the National Library of Medicine (Durling), NUC records only four other locations, Yale Medical School, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, New York Academy of Medicine and Countway Library; not in Baudrier, Bibliographie Lyonnaise. Title and place of publication from colophon Title page printed in red and black; title vignette (woodcut). Initials; marginal notes. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General R128 .C43 1515 Book Item-ID: i10164807 BIB-ID: 1018115 Show less
cum scholiis Caab. Ben. Zoheir, et versione Levini Warneri. Accedunt sententiae arabicae imperatoris Ali. Omnia e mss. Biblioth. Bat. edidit,... Show morecum scholiis Caab. Ben. Zoheir, et versione Levini Warneri. Accedunt sententiae arabicae imperatoris Ali. Omnia e mss. Biblioth. Bat. edidit, vertit, notisque illustravit Gerardus Joannes Lette. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. Show less
Henricus F. ab Langren Sculpsit. In Latin and Dutch Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00244 Print Map Item-ID: i23763097 BIB-ID: 2532026 Show moreHenricus F. ab Langren Sculpsit. In Latin and Dutch Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00244 Print Map Item-ID: i23763097 BIB-ID: 2532026 Show less
The author of this book is believed to be the 13th century alchemist referred to as Pseudo-Geber whose real name was probably Paul of Taranto, a... Show moreThe author of this book is believed to be the 13th century alchemist referred to as Pseudo-Geber whose real name was probably Paul of Taranto, a Franciscan scholar from Southern Italy, not Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, the 8th century Arab alchemist and father of Arab chemistry. Cf. Newman. Show less
