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RUPESCISSA (JOHANNES DE)
De consideratione quintae essentiae rerum omnium, opus sane egregium, Basel, [Heinrich Petri and Peter Perna, ?1561]

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
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RUPESCISSA (JOHANNES DE)

De consideratione quintae essentiae rerum omnium, opus sane egregium, edited by Gugliolmo Grataroli, woodcut initials, without final blank, 2 leaves (b7-8) remargined at outer border just touching letters, small hole in b8 filled with loss of a few letters, traces of early annotations on several leaves, nineteenth century polished calf gilt, t.e.g. [Adams R944; Duveen, Alchemica p.521; Wellcome 19984876], 8vo (153 x 90mm.), Basel, [Heinrich Petri and Peter Perna, ?1561]

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A scarce work on the systematic application of chemistry to medicine. Previously published in shortened versions, this edition, edited by Gugliolmo Grataroli, is the first version of the complete text. At the end are further alchemical texts by Ramon Lull ("Ars operativa medica"), Arnaldus de Villanova, and Michele Savonarola.

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