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Francofurdi: Ex officina typographic Ioannis Wecheli 1593. 24mo. (xvi), 582, (54) pp. Small format measuring 9cm x 12cm. Contemporary full vellum with brown ink lettering to spine. Exposed sewing thongs at spine joints. Vellum bright. Publisher's device to title-page. Slight worming to rear hinge. Contemporary ink notation to front pastedown. The best known work of Lemnius (1505-1568), Dutch physician and philosopher from Zeeland. It went through many editions in Latin, and was first published in English in 1658 as 'The Secret Miracles of Nature'. Text in Latin. . Very Good. Full Vellum. 1593.

Francofurti,: typis Wolfgangi Hofmanni,, 1619-1628.. In-24 p. (mm. 119x85), 4 opere di Lemnius in 1 vol., p. pergamena mod. con legacci, tit. ms. al dorso. Oltre all'opera "De miraculis..", pp. (16),582,(58 di Indice) - importante trattato che ebbe numerosiss. edizioni dopo la prima del 1559, in cui vengono affrontati molti argomenti naturali e curiosi. - vi sono contenute:- “De habitu et constitutione corporis, quam Graeci triviales complexionem vocant. Libri II..” Typis Nicolai Hofmanni, 1619, pp. (16),185,(9). Unito: - “Similitudinum ac parabolarum, quae in Bibliis ex herbis atque arboribus desumuntur.. Libri II”. Typis Guolphg. Hofmanni,1627, pp. (16),170. "Cet ouvrage, dans lequel l'auteur traite de l'utilité des plantes et de leur usage allégorique dans les cérémonies réligieuses, a eu beaucoup d'éditions, et il a été traduits en français et en anglais". Unito:- “De gemmis aliquot, iis praesertim quarum divus Ioannes Apostolus in sua Apocalypsis meminit.. Libri duo”. Typis… Read More

Frankfurt am Main, Palthen for heirs of Peter Fischer, 1598. With woodcut printer's device on title. 8 leaves, 582 pp., 28 leaves. Thick small 8vo. Contemp. leather, with a dark-stamped panel with center ornaments, angle fleurons and acorns, spine in 4 compartments with the same fleurons. Engr. heraldic exlibris on front pastedown. Frankfurt am Main, Palthen for heirs of Peter Fischer, 1598. The main work of Lemnius (1505-1568), Dutch physician and philosopher from Ziericksee in Zeeland, was often published and translated in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is, despite its title, mostly a medical and pharmaceutical compendium, offering advice on hygiene concerning all aspects of life, like living arrangements, food preparation, slaughtering, drinking water, wine, etc. Lemnius' views are not entirely free of superstition, but he still deserves to be regarded as the foremost hygienist of his century. He had studied medicine with Vesalius in Louvain, and was a friend of Dodonaeus and Conrad… Read More

Francofurdi: Ex officina typographica Ioannis Wecheli, 1593.- [8 h.], 582 p., [27 h.]: portada con escudo xilográfico del impresor y algunas viñetas xilográficas en otras hojas; 8º minúsculo (13,3 x 9 cm); Buena impresión a una columna con notas marginales impresas; Encuadernado en Plena Piel Pergamino a la romana (tapas duras) del siglo XVI, con estampaciones en seco originales, cortes pintados en color granate.- RARISIMA OBRA.* La encuadernación es original del siglo XVI y está bastante bien conservada, aunque el lomo tiene al pie una rozadura y el resto del mismo ha perdido en parte los hierros en seco originales a causa de los años; la portada con varias notas a tinta de la época que no tocan texto y una pequeña falta en la esquina inferior externa; alguna linea del texto subrayada a tinta de la época. Levinus Lemnius o Limnos Levine (1505-1568) nació en Ziericzea o Zirichzaea (Zirizaea Latina), que es el actual Zierikzee en la isla de Schouwen en Zeeland Duiveland (Holanda).… Read More