Geography, Geography--Early works to 1800, Early maps, PA6498 .M33 1560
This treatise by Macrobius is a commentary in two books on the Somnium Scipionis narrated by Cicero at the end of his De re publica. The nature of... Show moreThis treatise by Macrobius is a commentary in two books on the Somnium Scipionis narrated by Cicero at the end of his De re publica. The nature of the dream, in which the elder Scipio appears to his adopted grandson, and describes the life of the good after death and the constitution of the universe from the Stoic point of view. Macrobius also discourses upon many points of physics in a series of essays which show the astronomical notions then current. The moral elevation of the fragment of Cicero gave this work a great popularity in the Middle Ages and was the most widely read Latin compendium of Neoplatonism of the 5th century A.D. This treatise includes one map on p. 154 [i.e. 144] where Europe, Africa and Asia are shown in the upper hemisphere as totally separated from a great southern continent [i.e. Antipodum Nobis Incognita] occupying the lower hemisphere by an intervening great ocean [i.e. Alveus Oceani]. He further labels his map with climatic zones according to the theory of Parmenides (as also more graphically shown on p. 119): two zones close to the poles subject to frigid air [i.e. frigida], either side of the equator a torrid zone [i.e. perusta] and between these two moderate or temperate zones [i.e. temperata]. Decoratively, he has 14 winds blowing across the globe. In the 'Saturnalia', an account of discussions held at the house of Vettius Praetextatus during the feast of the Saturnalia, Macrobius discusses the choice and proper use of food and drink, describing the courses at a banquet with their appropriate wines. Book 5 includes substantial text in Greek. Printer's device on t.p. ; initial. Some pages incorrectly numbered. Main Heritage Shelves General PA6498 .M33 1560 Book Item-ID: i15642604 BIB-ID: 1012324 Map only available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra277-1x. Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Roman grammarian and philosopher, flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius (395-423). He himself states that he was not a Roman, but there is no certain evidence whether he was of Greek or perhaps African descent. Show less
Early printed books, Early printed books--Italy--17th century--Bibliography, PQ4204.A6 M36 1504
Jacobus Manliis. (MESUE the younder), MANLIIS DE BOSCO, Joannes Jacobus de. Luminare maius super Mesue. Venice, Albertinus de Lissona, 22 August... Show moreJacobus Manliis. (MESUE the younder), MANLIIS DE BOSCO, Joannes Jacobus de. Luminare maius super Mesue. Venice, Albertinus de Lissona, 22 August 1504. Folio, 74 leaves, printed in gothic letters in double columns, with one large woodcut initial; fairly extensive contemporary marginalia. [bound with:] SILVATICUS, Matteo. Liber pandectarum medicinae [with the Synonyma medicinae of Simon of Genoa. Edited by Georgius de Ferrariis]. Venice, Bonetus Locatellus for Octaviano Scoto, 11 March 1498. Folio, 182 leaves, printed in gothic letters in double columns, one large woodcut initial and a smaller one for each letter of the alphabet in the second, woodcut printer's device on Registrum leaf, some marginalia in a Humanist script, index tabs on fore-edges. Together two works in one vol., attractive copies on contemporary blind stamped pigskin backed oak boards, two clasps, one defective, later endpapers. I. Based on Mesue, Giacomo Manlio's (Latinized Manliis) Luminare Maius was one of the first published pharmacopoeias (first edition, Pavia, 1494). It became the standard work and reprinted as late as 1566, enjoyed an official status in many parts of Europe. II. This is the ninth, and penultimate, incunable edition of Silvaticus' pandectum (first, Naples, 1474): it is the first to include the Synonyma of Simon of Genoa. Manliis's work was probably inspired by Simon's, the first attempt, at the end of the thirteenth century, to bring order into the chaos of pharmacological nomenclature which mingled several tongues: Latin, Greek, Arabic, Syriac, Hebrew. "Silvaticus, a Mantuan physician, lived during the fourteenth century and prepared this dictionary which first appeared in printed form in the early 1470s. Arranged in alphabetical order, his dictionary is mainly in treatise on Arabic drugs" (Heirs of Hippocrates). I. This edition not in NUC. H. H *15202; BMC V, 449 (lacking title); Goff S517; Klebs 919.9: Heirs of Hippocrates 103. Main Heritage Shelves General PQ4204.A6 M36 1504 Book Item-ID: i10139989 BIB-ID: 1015634 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DR720 .G55 1562 Book Item-ID: i21959213 BIB-ID: 2346887 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DR720 .G55 1562 Book Item-ID: i21959213 BIB-ID: 2346887 Show less
Astronomy, Astronomy--Early works to 1800, Astrology, Arab, Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1800, QB41 .A263 1521
Main Heritage Shelves General QB41 .A263 1521 Book Item-ID: i24956442 BIB-ID: 2528535 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General QB41 .A263 1521 Book Item-ID: i24956442 BIB-ID: 2528535 Show less
Astrology, Astrology--Early works to 1800, Astrology, QB26 .F57 1551
per Nicolaum Prucknerum astrologum nuper ab innumeris mendis uindicati. His accesserunt, Claudii Ptolemaei Pheludiensis Alexandrini [aootelesmaton]... Show moreper Nicolaum Prucknerum astrologum nuper ab innumeris mendis uindicati. His accesserunt, Claudii Ptolemaei Pheludiensis Alexandrini [aootelesmaton], quod Quadripartitum uocant, lib. IIII. De inerrantium stellarum significationibus, lib. I. Centiloquium eiusdem. Ex Arabibus et Chaldaeis. Hermetis uetustissimi astrologi Centum aphoris. lib. I. Bethem Centiloquium. Eiusdem De horis planetarum liber alius. Almanzoris astrologi Propositiones ad saracenorum regem. Zahelis arabis De electionibus lib. I. Messahalah De ratione circuli & stellarum, & qualiter in hoc seculo operentur, lib. I. Omar De natiuitatibus lib. III. Marci Manilii poetae disertissimi Astronomicōn lib. V. Postremò Othonis Brunfelsii De diffinitionibus & terminis astrologiae libellus isagogicus / Julius Maternus Firmicus. Main Heritage Shelves General QB26 .F57 1551 Book Item-ID: i22891699 BIB-ID: 1833323 Show less
in Lat. ling. conversi Joan. Floriano interpr. First Latin edition of this celebrated work on African geography by the Islamic scholar Hasan ben... Show morein Lat. ling. conversi Joan. Floriano interpr. First Latin edition of this celebrated work on African geography by the Islamic scholar Hasan ben Muhamed el-Wazzan-ez-Zayyati (1485-1552), better known under his Latin name Johannes Leo Africanus. His work long remained the principal source of information on the geography of Africa in general and the Sudan in particular. It is assumed that Leo wrote his description of Africa directly in Italian, though he certainly relied also on Arabic notes, some of which he might have composed while travelling in Northern Africa. The original Italian edition appeared in the famous series Navigationi et Viaggi, published at Venice in 1550 by Giovanni Battista Ramusio. The work was soon translated into Latin, French (1556), English (1600), and Dutch (1665). The present Latin edition of 1556, prepared by Johannes Florianus, rector of a grammar school in Antwerp, was widely used by European scholars until the late 19th century. - Some faint browning and foxing at places, ties lacking. Good copy of a classic work on African geography. Main Heritage Shelves General DT7 .L48 1556 Book Item-ID: i16862685 BIB-ID: 1509761 Show less
Avicenna , 980-1037, Medicine, Arab, Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, R125.3.A8 F75 1530
Laurentio Frisio authore. Title within ornamental woodcut border. Place of publication and printer's name from colophon on leaf b5v. Colophon reads:... Show moreLaurentio Frisio authore. Title within ornamental woodcut border. Place of publication and printer's name from colophon on leaf b5v. Colophon reads: Argentorati apud Ioannem Knoblouchum iuniorem. xxiiij. Augusti Anno Christi M.D.XXX. Signatures: a⁴ b⁶ (b6 blank). First edition of this polemic in defence of Avicenna, whose achievement the author ranks higher than anything in Western medicine. Probably the final work of the Alsace-born (and possibly Vienna-trained) physician, astrologer and geographer Fries (also known as Frisius or Phryes; d. 1530/32): his literary legacy, in which he "avows himself as an unconditional disciple of Arabism" (cf. NDB). - Slight waterstaining to gutter; one double-leaf loosened; final blank shows tear to edge. Exceedingly rare; no copy in auction records since 1950. Main Heritage Compact General R125.3.A8 F75 1530 Book Item-ID: i16598659 BIB-ID: 1494584 Show less
p.p. Esaias Tegnér. First edition of this inaugural dissertation in Arabic linguistics, concerning 'nunnation', or the addition of a final 'n' to a... Show morep.p. Esaias Tegnér. First edition of this inaugural dissertation in Arabic linguistics, concerning 'nunnation', or the addition of a final 'n' to a word, in the declension of certain Arabic nouns. The author, grandson of the great Swedish writer of the same name, later was professor in oriental languages at Lund from 1878 to 1908. - Somewhat foxed throughout Main Heritage Compact General PJ6131 .T44 1865 Book Item-ID: i16875588 BIB-ID: 1510980 Show less
quam ... in Alma propter Salam sub praesidio M. Christiani Hoffmanni, Wratislaviensis ; publico Eruditorum Examini ad diem Iulii Anni Christiani... Show morequam ... in Alma propter Salam sub praesidio M. Christiani Hoffmanni, Wratislaviensis ; publico Eruditorum Examini ad diem Iulii Anni Christiani 1669. sistit Johannes Melchin, Riga-Livonus, H.L.Q.C. Curious Jena dissertation, based on Arabic sources, about the ritual washing of corpses (ablution, "ghusl al-mayyit") to achieve the state of purity, or "Taharah". Also treats embalming and mummification (with reference to mummies in the Chilean andres and the burial practices of the Native Americans of Virginia). Several passages in Greek, some in Hebrew and Arabic. Dedicated to the Councils and Aldermen of both Riga Guilds. After completing his studies at Jena in 1671, Johann Melchin from Riga became pastor in Sissegall, Livonia, in 1683 (cf. Recke/Napiersky). - Duplicate from the Gotha Library with 19th-c. ms. note on t. p. Some browning. Main Heritage Compact General KBP184.46 .H64 1669 Book Item-ID: i16843599 BIB-ID: 1509203 674821001:38895650X Saint Thomas, n°381 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
Theodoro Gaza interprete ; De communi animalium gressu ; De communi animalium motu / Petro Alcyonio interprete ; De partibus animalium. De historia... Show moreTheodoro Gaza interprete ; De communi animalium gressu ; De communi animalium motu / Petro Alcyonio interprete ; De partibus animalium. De historia plantarum, et decimi principium duntaxat / Theophrastus. De causis plantarum / Theophrastus ; Theodoro Gaza interprete. Paginierung T. 1: [20] Bl., 320 S., [5] Bl. ; [14] Bl., 164 [i.e. 264] S., [1] Bl. Main Heritage Shelves General QL41 .A75 1534 Book Item-ID: i10106546 BIB-ID: 1012290 Show less
First Latin edition of Pietro Bizzarri's "Historia della guerra fatta in Ungheria dall' intuitissimo imperatore dei Christiani contro quello deui... Show moreFirst Latin edition of Pietro Bizzarri's "Historia della guerra fatta in Ungheria dall' intuitissimo imperatore dei Christiani contro quello deui Turchi" (Lyons, Roville, 1568/69). Contains interesting accounts of the Turkish wars in Hungary during 1564-68, of the siege of Malta, and about the French conquests in Florida and Canada. Also contains passages on Transylvania: "Caeterum paucae urbes, oppida vero complura, non obscuri nominis, in quibus Cibinium, Brassovia, Colosium, Bistricia, & plura alia a Germanis, quos nos Saxones appellamus, condita, & habita, nec rara passim, aedificia cernuntur. Eius solum variis in locis auriferos surculos, & glebulas aureas passim gignit [...] Hanc duae cingunt Walachiae, Transalpina, & Moldavia, illa Danubio, haec mari Euxino admota" (p. 8). "Other passages show that Bizzarri also considered the problem of the meaning of history [...] The second part is a checkered conglomerate of various notes, not without historical value. Bizzarri was especially interested in more or less credible reports of celestial phenomena" (cf. Göllner). - The Italian historian Pietro Bizzarri (1530-83) from Sassoferrato lived in France and England for a time, served the Elector August of Saxony for ten years, and spent most of his life in Antwerp (cf. Jöcher). - Occasional brownstaining (especially to title). Modern binding using old stamp material (fleuronnée stamps forming a border and a central ornament). Contains what is clearly an independent text of Ribaut's Florida narrative: begins p. 240. Main Heritage Shelves General DB924 .B59 1573 Book Item-ID: i16598751 BIB-ID: 1494595 Show less
Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1700, R126 .G35 1562
Edited by Konrad Gesner. Index volume edited by Gulielmus Gratarolus and Joannes Guicaeus Stratander, 1562. Title page with woodcut border and... Show moreEdited by Konrad Gesner. Index volume edited by Gulielmus Gratarolus and Joannes Guicaeus Stratander, 1562. Title page with woodcut border and Froben's printer's device; Froben's device also at end of each section. Main Heritage Shelves General R126 .G35 1562 Book Item-ID: i22859287 BIB-ID: 2428614 With: Galeno ascripti libri. Spvrii libri, qvi variam artis medicae saraginem ex uarijs auctoribus excerptam continentes, optimo, quo sieri potuit, ordine sunt dispositi, & in unum corpus redacti, quorum seriem sequenti pagina habes. Basileae : In Officina Frobeniana, per Hieronymum Frobenium & Nicolaum Episcopium, MDLXII [1562] Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1531
Miejsce wyd. z expl. Antidotarium. Na karcie po Antidotarium sygnet druk. Autor 1, 2 pracy wg bibliografii. Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1531 ... Show moreMiejsce wyd. z expl. Antidotarium. Na karcie po Antidotarium sygnet druk. Autor 1, 2 pracy wg bibliografii. Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1531 Book Item-ID: i10143889 BIB-ID: 1016024 Dostępne w postaci elektronicznej. Show less
Fever, Fever--Early works to 1800, Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, RB129 .D44 1576
DE FEBRIBUS Opus sane aureum ... in quo trio sectarum clarissimi medici habentur, qui de hac re egerunt; nempe Graeci, Arabes, atque Latini. ... Show moreDE FEBRIBUS Opus sane aureum ... in quo trio sectarum clarissimi medici habentur, qui de hac re egerunt; nempe Graeci, Arabes, atque Latini. [Edited by Gasparo Bindoni]. Venice, Gratioso Perchacino for Gasparo Bindoni, 1576 [colophon 1575]. Folio, 1l + 1t + 1 + 2 + 4 (index) + 627 + 1 + 1l, with woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials at the beginning of each author's section, printed in double columns; splendidly bound in contemporary green dyed vellum, 3-line outer border of plain v ellum (the green removed by a gouge), gilt scroll-work frame, 3-line inner border, enclosing the large gilt arms of Ferdinand Hofman, Freiherr zu Grevenstein, spine gilt decorated with plain vellum lines forming compartments, the top compartment entirely plain vellum and lettered in ink, with a numeral 7 superimposed later, and an old paper label below, yapp edges, remains of ties, edges sprinkled blue and red. First edition of this compilation (it was re-issued in Venice in 1594 with name of Fernel, probably spuriously attached). The Bindoni were a prominent family of sixteenth century Venetian printers; this is the only work issued under the sole editorship of Gaspar Bindoni. It is an anthology of writings on fevers by twenty-five Greek, Arab and Latin authors, the last including Latin writers of the Middle Ages. The Arabic writers are Avicenna, Averroes, Isaac, Serapion, Haly Abbas and Johannes Actuarius. The Latin authors include Constantinus Africanus and Arnald of Villanova. Adams F400; Bird 639 (imperfect); Bruni Celli 2844; Durling 1105; Garrison-Morton 2193; Parkinson & Lumb 812; Wellcome 6868. Colophon dated 1575. Main Heritage Shelves General RB129 .D4 1576 Book Item-ID: i10156409 BIB-ID: 1017276 Show less
Geometry, Geometry--Early works to 1800, QA31 .E93 1537
Illustrations: With numerous woodcut illustrations within text throughout. With a colophon on recto of final leaf (repeating imprint). Woodcut... Show moreIllustrations: With numerous woodcut illustrations within text throughout. With a colophon on recto of final leaf (repeating imprint). Woodcut printer's device on title page and verso of final leaf. Woodcut head-pieces and initials; text printed in Roman and Italic type. Main Heritage Shelves General QA31 .E93 1537 Book Item-ID: i24470909 BIB-ID: 2608607 Show less
Imprint from colophon. Initials letters in woodcut. Has cathword. Includes index. Title page with xilographic shield Main Heritage Shelves General DG866... Show moreImprint from colophon. Initials letters in woodcut. Has cathword. Includes index. Title page with xilographic shield Main Heritage Shelves General DG866.3 .F74 1558 Book Item-ID: i2147686x BIB-ID: 1888413 Pages [166]-[167] have Chaldean text written with Madenhaya Syriac characters. Show less
auctore Brocardo Monacho ... ; De Nouis Insulis nuper repertis, & de moribus incolarum earundem per Petrum Martyrum, etc. Main Heritage Shelves General ... Show moreauctore Brocardo Monacho ... ; De Nouis Insulis nuper repertis, & de moribus incolarum earundem per Petrum Martyrum, etc. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .B83 1536 Book Item-ID: i21956662 BIB-ID: 2346548 Show less
Chronology, Historical, Chronology, Historical--Early works to 1800, Calendar, Calendar--Early works to 1800, D17 .L35 1571
Ioanne Lalamantio. The publisher Jean Crespin the younger was active in Geneva from ca. 1550 to 1572. Main Heritage Shelves General D17 .L35 1571 Book I... Show moreIoanne Lalamantio. The publisher Jean Crespin the younger was active in Geneva from ca. 1550 to 1572. Main Heritage Shelves General D17 .L35 1571 Book Item-ID: i24482420 BIB-ID: 2615018 Show less
Gulielmo Postello Barentonio authore. Title vignette, with motto: Alteri seruiens, consumor. Italic type. Initials. The text on each page is enclosed... Show moreGulielmo Postello Barentonio authore. Title vignette, with motto: Alteri seruiens, consumor. Italic type. Initials. The text on each page is enclosed in lines ruled in red ink; title-page also, with extra horizontal lines for each line in the title and imprint. Main Heritage Shelves General BT120.P67 D37 1543 Book Item-ID: i23684719 BIB-ID: 2501889 Show less