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
Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, R128.7 .D83 1541
autore D. Iacobo Sylvio... Main Heritage Shelves General R128.7 .D83 1541 Book Item-ID: i22820206 BIB-ID: 2427968 Show moreautore D. Iacobo Sylvio... Main Heritage Shelves General R128.7 .D83 1541 Book Item-ID: i22820206 BIB-ID: 2427968 Show less
ex Bilibaldi Pirckeymberi tralatione, sed ad Graeca & prisca exemplaria à Michaele Villanovano secundò recogniti, & locis innumeris denuò castigati... Show moreex Bilibaldi Pirckeymberi tralatione, sed ad Graeca & prisca exemplaria à Michaele Villanovano secundò recogniti, & locis innumeris denuò castigati. Excudebat Gaspar Trechsel. This is among early woodblock map of Persia.Gothic bastard lettering used, names underlined by red. Towns represented by small circle.Mountains represented pictorially. From: Gaspar Treschel's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00206 Print Map Item-ID: i11400481 BIB-ID: 1172391 Show less
[Ptolémée] ; [éd. Servet]. Gravure sur bois. Ill. : personnages. In : "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, Prostant... Show more[Ptolémée] ; [éd. Servet]. Gravure sur bois. Ill. : personnages. In : "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, Prostant Lugduni apud Hugonem à Porta", 1541. Voir Pastoureau, "Atlas français", p. 384, [45]. Auteur et éditeur d'après l'inventaire de la collection. This map belongs to the early collection of "the first modern map" of Southern Asia. The map covers the region from the eastern coast of Arabia to the China. Explanation in Latin is given at the coast. The Persian Gulf is purely rectangular in shape. Human figures. This is the reduction of the Waldseemullers map of the region which was the first map to be printed focusing the region. No scale. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00305 Print Map Item-ID: i11400778 BIB-ID: 1172420 Show less
Rolandi ... Lib. III in quibus ... tradit rationem medendi morbis ... humani corporis. -- Rogerii Liber ... de omnium venarum phlebotomia. --... Show moreRolandi ... Lib. III in quibus ... tradit rationem medendi morbis ... humani corporis. -- Rogerii Liber ... de omnium venarum phlebotomia. -- Constantini Africani De humana natura lib. I. -- Item ejusdem De elephantia lib. I. -- Et De remediorum ex animalibus materia lib. I. -- Antonii Gazii quo medicamentorum genere purgationes fieri debeant lib. I. autore Albucase. Show less
