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
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
Henricus F. ab Langren Sculpsit. In Latin and Dutch Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00023 Print Map Item-ID: i17065380 BIB-ID: 1525198 Show moreHenricus F. ab Langren Sculpsit. In Latin and Dutch Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00023 Print Map Item-ID: i17065380 BIB-ID: 1525198 Show less
Astronomy, Astronomy--Early works to 1800, QB23 .M37 1549
Quæ omnia ad veteris archetypi lectionem diligenter collata ... Augusti ducis Saxoniæ ... dicauit Ioachimus Hellerus ... Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ [alpha]⁴ ... Show moreQuæ omnia ad veteris archetypi lectionem diligenter collata ... Augusti ducis Saxoniæ ... dicauit Ioachimus Hellerus ... Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ [alpha]⁴ *² B-Y⁴ Z². Main Heritage Shelves General QB23 .M37 1549 Book Item-ID: i10077406 BIB-ID: 1009376 Show less
This map by Jan Huygen van Linschoten is representative of different school of cartpgraphy dating from the end of the 16th century. He used details... Show moreThis map by Jan Huygen van Linschoten is representative of different school of cartpgraphy dating from the end of the 16th century. He used details brought back by numerous voyagers to compile information on the entire region. The shape of the Arabian Peninsula, including the whole of Arabia, is far more accurate than of earlier maps. Julfaf (now called Ras al Khaimah) is indicated for the first time. The arrowhead-shaped Qatar peninsula, called catura, can be clearly distinguished. It is located in the midst of an oyster-bed represented by small pearl-dots. [Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Henricus F. ab Langren]. Relief shown pictorially. From the author's Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Includes decorative cartouche and compass rose and col. ill. Some information taken from dealer's appraisal catalog. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00041 Print Map Item-ID: i11401412 BIB-ID: 1783519 Title and place names in Latin and Dutch. Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, Southern--Maps--Early works to 1800
Arnoldus F. à Langren delineavit & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Detached from: Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van... Show moreArnoldus F. à Langren delineavit & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Detached from: Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Companion map to Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo, & Angôlae ultra promontorium Bonae Spei ... Includes decorative strapwork cartouche, compass roses and navigation hazards. This finely engraved map is elaborated by title-pieces,compass-roses, and lettering performed by Arnold van Langren. Vignette of Prester John the legendary christian King is depicted just inside above the map. Scale: Milliaria Germanica, 50. Hispanicae 17,1/2 uni Gradiu competentia, 180. [low. middle] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00347 Print Map Item-ID: i11400961 BIB-ID: 1172439 Title in Latin and Dutch. Place names in Latin and Portuguese. Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, Southern--Maps--Early works to 1800, G8480 1596 .L5
This is a highly decorative map of the southwestern coast of Africa with early color. The scale is in German miles and Spanish leagues. There are... Show moreThis is a highly decorative map of the southwestern coast of Africa with early color. The scale is in German miles and Spanish leagues. There are coastal views of the islands of Ascension and St. Helena within a strap work cartouche at the bottom of the map and two compass roses. The title cartouche is decorated with birds, fruit and scroll-work, the sea is decorated with ships and a sea-creature, and the land is decorated with animals and mythical creatures. Also this map covers the western coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to just beyond the Cape of Good Hope with excellent detail along the coastline. This map superbly engraved in the Flemish style by Florent van Langren, and the first Dutch edition of Linschoten's "Itinerario..." was published by Cornelis Claesz in 1596. Arnoldus F. á Langren delineauit, & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Companion map to Delineatio orarum maritimarum, terrae vulgo indigetatae terra do Natal item Sofalae, Mozambicae & Melindae ... Includes views of Ascension Island and Saint Helena, decorative cartouche and compass roses, and col. ill. Has watermark. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00240 Print Map Item-ID: i11400547 BIB-ID: 1843969 Title in Latin and English. Place names in Latin and Portuguese. Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1519
Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden... Show moreText in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Includes Registrum Capital spaces with guide letters. Gilbert de Villiers' woodcut device Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1519 Book Item-ID: i22816938 BIB-ID: 2427893 Show less
cum scholiis et versione Levini Warneri ... ; edidit, vertit, notisque illustrait Gerardus. Joannes. Lette. ; præmissa est laudatio Alberti.... Show morecum scholiis et versione Levini Warneri ... ; edidit, vertit, notisque illustrait Gerardus. Joannes. Lette. ; præmissa est laudatio Alberti. Schultens. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ7642 .K33 1748 Book Item-ID: i15533621 BIB-ID: 1006975 Show less
Persian language--Grammar, Persian language--Grammar--Early works to 1700, Astronomy, Astronomy--Terminology, PK6233 .G74 1649
L'ouvrage "De Siglis Arabum et Persarum astronomicis" ayant p. de titre et pagination particulières, avec l'adresse : "Londini, typis Milonis... Show moreL'ouvrage "De Siglis Arabum et Persarum astronomicis" ayant p. de titre et pagination particulières, avec l'adresse : "Londini, typis Milonis Flesher, MDCXLVIII" a sa notice propre. Main Heritage Shelves General PK6233 .G74 1649 Book Item-ID: i15637517 BIB-ID: 2557196 With: Anonymus persa de siglis Arabum & Persarum astronomicis. Londoni, 1648 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
Military art and science, Military art and science--Early works to 1800, U101 .V44 1532
Collata sunt omnia ad antiquos codices, maxime Budaei, quod testabitur Aelianus. "The so-called 'Modesti libellus De vocabulis rei militaris' is a... Show moreCollata sunt omnia ad antiquos codices, maxime Budaei, quod testabitur Aelianus. "The so-called 'Modesti libellus De vocabulis rei militaris' is a forgery by Pomponius Laetus or one of his pupils, based upon Vegetius"--LC. Title vignette. Printer's mark at end. Main Heritage Shelves General U101 .V44 1532 Book Item-ID: i10092390 BIB-ID: 1010875 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General PJ4191.H36 1828 Book Item-ID: i10145278 BIB-ID: 1016163 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General PJ4191.H36 1828 Book Item-ID: i10145278 BIB-ID: 1016163 Show less
