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FIORAVANTI, Leonardo (1517-1588). Del compendio de' secreti rationali. Venice: Sessa, 1597.
Scarce late 16th-century edition of this collection of pharmaceutical and alchemical remedies and secrets written by one of the most peculiar figures of Renaissance medicine. Of particular interest is the manuscript note on f.101, under the chapter on how to make olio incompostibile for the alchemical art and a a note written on the penultimate blank leaf in which is mentioned the willingness to buy the elements for the production of said oil.8vo, (144 x 87 mm). Full-page woodcut portrait in the text, engraved initials (repairs to the first two leaves, browning, some light wear). Antique full vellum binding, title gilt to spine (some wear). Provenance: old manuscript annotations to page 101 and to the penultimate blank leaf. (1)
ESTIMATE € 100 - 150
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COOK, James (1728-1779). [Collection of plates]. Naples: s.e., late 18th century.
COOK, James (1728-1779). [Collection of plates]. Naples: s.e., late 18th century.
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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[FLORENCE] PROBST, Johann Friedrich (1721-1781). Fiorenza. Augsburg: Wollf, [c.1740].
[FLORENCE] PROBST, Johann Friedrich (1721-1781). Fiorenza. Augsburg: Wollf, [c.1740].
ESTIMATE € 500 - 800
250
HAKEWILL, James (1778-1843). A picturesque tour of Italy. London: Murray, 1820.
HAKEWILL, James (1778-1843). A picturesque tour of Italy. London: Murray, 1820.
ESTIMATE € 150 - 250
