TravelPesenti, Giovanni Paolo , 1579-1658, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--History, Description and travel, BX2320.5.P19 P47
Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā , 865?-925?, Liber nonus ad Almansorem, Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, History, Medieval, Medicine, Arabic, Z1033.M5 M35 1554
A Valentino Lublino Polono, medicis posteritatíque eorum fideliter communicata . Printer's device with motto "Nulla sine laborem est virtus" on t.p. ... Show moreA Valentino Lublino Polono, medicis posteritatíque eorum fideliter communicata . Printer's device with motto "Nulla sine laborem est virtus" on t.p. Woodcut initials. Includes index. Show less
scritta dal dottor Gio. Battista Birago Avrogadro. Includes bibliographical references (p. [448]) and index. Show morescritta dal dottor Gio. Battista Birago Avrogadro. Includes bibliographical references (p. [448]) and index. 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
di Gio. Thomaso Minadoi da Rouigo, diuisa in libri noue. Dall' istesso nuouamente riformata, & aggiuntiui i successi dell' anno M. D. LXXXVI. Con... Show moredi Gio. Thomaso Minadoi da Rouigo, diuisa in libri noue. Dall' istesso nuouamente riformata, & aggiuntiui i successi dell' anno M. D. LXXXVI. Con vna descrittione di tutte le cose pertinenti alla religione, alle forze, al gouerno, & al paese del regno de Persiani, et vna lettera all' ill. re sig. r Mario Corrado, nella quale si dimostra qual città fosse anticamente quella, c' hora si chiama Tauris. Aggiuntiui ancho gli argomenti à tutti i libri, & vna nuoua carta di geografia, per maggior chiarezza delle cose narrate nell' historia ... Title vignette (printer's mark); head and tail pieces; initials. First published in Rome in 1587? cf. Dedication (p. [3]-[6]) and Brunet, Manuel du libraire, v. 3 (1862) col. 1734. Show less
G. Pitteri scr. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Atlante novissimo. Venezia: A. Zatta, 1779-1785. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP... Show moreG. Pitteri scr. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Atlante novissimo. Venezia: A. Zatta, 1779-1785. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00085 Print Map Item-ID: i17065811 BIB-ID: 1525262 Show less
G. Pitteri scr. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Atlante novissimo. Venezia: A. Zatta, 1779-1785. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP... Show moreG. Pitteri scr. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Atlante novissimo. Venezia: A. Zatta, 1779-1785. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00122 Print Map Item-ID: i17065975 BIB-ID: 1525262 Show less
Astrology, Astrology, Astrology--Early works to 1500, Astrology, Arab, Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1500, Incunabula, Incunabula--Specimens, BF1714.A6 A28 1500
Bound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian... Show moreBound in vellum with gold tooling by Leighton, Brewer St. W. Third incunabular edition of the principal work of Albumasar (d. 886), the Arabian mathematician and astronomer whose works exercised a profound influence upon the medieval world view in the occident. His "Flores" are probably extracted from "De magnis coniunctionibus" (cf. DSB I, 35, 1); according to Houzeau/Lancaster, no Arabic original text or manuscript is known. The woodcuts show allegories of the planets and the zodiac, illustrating this astrological florilegium. - First 3 ff. show a faint brownstain; otherwise only very insignificantly browned. A very clean, crisp copy in a beautifully restrained modern binding by Philippe Belz, who took over the Niedrée shop in 1860 and retired in 1880. Main Heritage Vault BF1714.A6 A28 1500 Book Item-ID: i16587844 BIB-ID: 1494557 Also available online. Show less
This fine woodcut map of Sumatra is the first separate map of an Indonesian island to be based on actual empirical data. It is based on the Ramusio... Show moreThis fine woodcut map of Sumatra is the first separate map of an Indonesian island to be based on actual empirical data. It is based on the Ramusio's 'Raccolta di Navigationi et Viaggi'. In the book was an account of the voyage of the Parmentier Brothers, Frenchmen who ran the Portuguese blockade of the East Indies and landed on the west Sumatran coast. Both brothers died of fever and their crew did not acquire a great deal of wealth, which dissuaded the French from sending further expeditions. Prior to Ramusio's map, Sumatra had been confused with Sri Lanka and maps of the island contained conjectural geography based primarily on Marco Polo. The map is oriented with south at the top and the shape of the island and many of its features are quite accurately portrayed. However, there is no attempt to show any part of the Malay Peninsula or Java, although several of the surrounding small islands, such as Bancha (Banca) are shown. Charming scenes in the interior show vegetation, animals, and native figures at work and play, and there are numerous ships and creatures in the sea. First published in Giovani Battista Ramusio's Delle navigatione et viaggi. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the bottom. Page numbers on top margin of sheet: 433, 434. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00231 Print Map Item-ID: i11400493 BIB-ID: 1843418 Show less
This fine woodcut map of Sumatra is the first separate map of an Indonesian island to be based on actual empirical data. It is based on the Ramusio... Show moreThis fine woodcut map of Sumatra is the first separate map of an Indonesian island to be based on actual empirical data. It is based on the Ramusio's 'Raccolta di Navigationi et Viaggi'. In the book was an account of the voyage of the Parmentier Brothers, Frenchmen who ran the Portuguese blockade of the East Indies and landed on the west Sumatran coast. Both brothers died of fever and their crew did not acquire a great deal of wealth, which dissuaded the French from sending further expeditions. Prior to Ramusio's map, Sumatra had been confused with Sri Lanka and maps of the island contained conjectural geography based primarily on Marco Polo. The map is oriented with south at the top and the shape of the island and many of its features are quite accurately portrayed. However, there is no attempt to show any part of the Malay Peninsula or Java, although several of the surrounding small islands, such as Bancha (Banca) are shown. Charming scenes in the interior show vegetation, animals, and native figures at work and play, and there are numerous ships and creatures in the sea. First published in Giovani Battista Ramusio's Delle navigatione et viaggi. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the bottom. Page numbers on top margin of sheet: 433, 434. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00231 Print Map Item-ID: i11400493 BIB-ID: 1843418 Show less