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LIBAVIUS (ANDREAS)
De universitate, et originibus rerum conditarum contemplatio singularis, FIRST EDITION; and another (2)

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
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LIBAVIUS (ANDREAS)

De universitate, et originibus rerum conditarum contemplatio singularis, FIRST EDITION, title within wide pictorial border, light browning, single wormhole touching letters of opening few leaves, ownership inscription of Caspar ?Pfaffe, 1612 on title, bookplate of University of Helmstedt stamp (with cancel stamp) on verso of title, early vellum, rebacked in morocco gilt, 4to (200 x 160mm.), Frankfurt, Peter Kopff, 1610--DAVISSON (WILLIAM) Commentariorum in sublimis philosophi & incomparabilis viri Petri Severini Dani Ideam Medicinae Philosophcicae, 2 works in 1 [as published], general title printed in red and black, one folding engraved plate, 2 full-page engraved illustrations, one folding letterpress leaf of text, without the 2 errata leaves (found in some copies), ownership stamp of P. Dehordes on blank margin of title, contemporary calf, worn [Duveen, p.159; Krivatsy 3067, 11186], 4to (196 x 150mm.), The Hague, Adrian Vlacq, 1660 (2)

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