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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
101
COLLAERT, Adriaen (1560-1618). [Series of the 7 Roman basilicas]. [16th century].
COLLAERT, Adriaen (1560-1618). [Series of the 7 Roman basilicas]. [16th century].
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
103
FALDA, Giovanni Battista (1648-1678). Le fontane di Roma. Roma: Giacomo de Rossi, [1675-89].
FALDA, Giovanni Battista (1648-1678). Le fontane di Roma. Roma: Giacomo de Rossi, [1675-89].
ESTIMATE € 1,500 - 2,000
