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GEBER [JABIR IBN HAYYAN, ATTRIBUTED] Geber. De alchimia libri tres ejusdem liber investigationis perfecti magisterii, artis Alchimicae iis additus liber trium verborum, [Strassburg, Johann Grieninger, 29 August 1531]
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
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GEBER [JABIR IBN HAYYAN, ATTRIBUTED]
Geber. De alchimia libri tres ejusdem liber investigationis perfecti magisterii, artis Alchimicae iis additus liber trium verborum, large woodcut on title, 9 woodcut illustrations (2 half-page) of chemical apparatus in the text, woodcut initials throughout (14 of which hand-coloured), first two lines of the title hand-coloured in red, occasional light dampstain at inner and lower margins, later vellum-backed marbled boards, gilt morocco lettering label on spine [Duveen 238; Ferguson I, 302 note], small 4to (245 x 175mm.), [Strassburg, Johann Grieninger, 29 August 1531]
Footnotes
"SCARCE EDITION" (Duveen) of an important collection of alchemical tracts, attributed to Jabir Ibn Hayyan, the eighth-century author of scientific texts.