185 / 224
Éditions du XVI
e
s.
477 – (Science, Médecine) -
FUCHS, Remaclus.- Historia omnium aquarum, quae
in communi hodie practicantium sunt usu, vires, et recta eas distillandi ratio,
libellus planè aureus, nunc in commune[m] utilitatem evulgatus [...].
(Venetiis, excudebat Venturinus Roffinellus, 1542).
In-16° : [61]-[1 bl.] lvs (2 last blank lvs missing, some foxing, marginal dampstains, one tear and one margin
reinforced at the end).
Contemporary binding : parchment, flat spine with ink title in length (lower flyleaf lacking).
Est.
:
250/ 300 €
Second edition (1
st
ed. : Paris, 1542, in-8°) of this work by the Belgian naturalist and doctor
Fuchs (1510-1587), on medicinal plants and herbs waters. With a list of useful plants in
medicine.
# Bibl. Walleriana 3301; # USTC 831089; # EDIT16 19971; # not in Adams, Machiels,
Soltész, STC Italy, Wellcome, Garrison & Morton, Nissen, BBI.
▲ Provenance : Andrés Roure Gili (1911-1996), Spanish lawyer, collector and bibliophile
(green leather ex-libris).
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Seconde édition de cet ouvrage sur les eaux médicinales. Liste de plantes curatives in fine. Plein
parchemin de l'ép. (2 derniers ff. blancs manquants, mouill. marg.).
478 – (Science, Métrologie & Numismatique) -
AGRICOLA, Georgius.- De
mensuris & ponderibus romanorum atque graecorum [...].
Basileae, (apud Hier. Frobenium et Nic. Episcopium, mense martio) 1550.
Small in-f° : [8]-340 [i.e. 344]-[16] pp. (lvs q1 and q8 not paginated, marginalia erased in the beginning, some
pp. slightly browned, light marginal dampstains on 2 lvs at the end, fresh condition).
Contemporary binding : calf, gilt decorated ribbed spine with modern red label, red sprinkled edges (strongly
rubbed, scratches, upper turn in lacking, edges and corners strongly dulled with lacks of leather).
Est.
:
1.000/ 1.200 €
First edition
of 5 works except the first in third edition (1
st
ed. : 1533). Collection of treatises
on Roman and Greek weights and measures and on the weight of gold and silver coins.
With some Greek and Hebrew authors' extracts. Agricola (1494-1555) was a German
scientist known as the father of mineralogy and was the physician of Chemnitz, the centre
of the mining industry. Neat typography with large historiated initials and with 2 Froben's
devices on the title-page and on the last page.
# Adams A-344; # Machiels A-148; # Honeyman 24; # USTC 600319; # VD 16 A 918; # not
in USTC.
▲ Provenance : J.J. Lucas, doctor at Antwerp (18
th
cent. handwritten mention with the price
a copy was sold for in Paris in 1786).
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Réunion de 6 ouvr. en édition originale (sauf le 1
er
en 3
e
édition) traitant des poids et mesures grecs
et romains ainsi que du poids des monnaies d'or et d'argent. Plein veau de l'ép. (qqs pet. défauts, rel.
fort frottée).