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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
LOTS
220
GALIGAI, Francesco (16th cent.). Pratica d'arithmetica. Florence: Giunti, 1548.
GALIGAI, Francesco (16th cent.). Pratica d'arithmetica. Florence: Giunti, 1548.
ESTIMATE € 500 - 800
224
PIETRO DA CORTONA (1596-1669). Tabulae anatomicae. Rome: Antonio de Rossi per Fausto Amidei, 1741.
PIETRO DA CORTONA (1596-1669). Tabulae anatomicae. Rome: Antonio de Rossi per Fausto Amidei, 1741.
ESTIMATE € 2,000 - 3,000
225
PAUL OF AEGINA (625-690 AD). De medica materia libri septe. Venice: Giunta, 1532.
PAUL OF AEGINA (625-690 AD). De medica materia libri septe. Venice: Giunta, 1532.
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
