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, Arabic, Medicine, Arab, Medicine, Medieval, R128.3 .R39 1500
Rhazes. Liber ad Almansorem [and other tracts]. Venice, Johannes Hamman, 19 Februry, 1500. Folio, 2 l + 1t + 1 + 224 + 1 + 2 (b.), gothic... Show moreRhazes. Liber ad Almansorem [and other tracts]. Venice, Johannes Hamman, 19 Februry, 1500. Folio, 2 l + 1t + 1 + 224 + 1 + 2 (b.), gothic letters, double columns, capital spaces; a good copy, washed, in modern vellum; some contemporary marginalia, most copious at the beginning of the ninth book of the Liber ad Almanosrem. This is a close reprint of the Bonetus Locatellus edition of 1497 (referred to bythe original owner in a note on the first leaf) without the text of Maimonides Aphorismi and other texts sometimes found with it. Besides the complete Liber ad Almansorem the volume contains the following texts by Rhazes: Divisiones; De iuncturarum egitudinibus; Aphorismi; Antidotarium; De preservatione ab egritudine lapidisl Introductorium medicinae; De sectionibus cauteriis et ventosis; Gasus quidam qui ad manus eijus pervenerunt; Sinonima; Tabulum omnium antidotorum in operibus Rasis contentorum; De proprietatibus iuuamentis et nocumentis sexaginta animalium. It also contains the Centiloquium de medicis of Geronimo Manfredi, a Bolognese doctor who died in 1492. H *13894; Goff R177; Klebs 826.3; Goff records three copies in America, Boston Medical Library, New York Academy of Medicine,a nd Stanford University; not in the National Library of Medicine, not in the British Library. Contents as listed on t.p. are identical to the 1497 ed., (Hollis no. 006612401) with the addition of Girolamo Manfredi's Centiloquium de medicis et infirmis; many of the Hippocratic works, though listed, are not present. Main Heritage Vault R128.3 .R39 1500 Book Item-ID: i10136964 BIB-ID: 1015332 From the William Norton Bullard Collection. MBCo Show less
