Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 311

 
G.A.P.S. - Acerra Medico Chymica, 1713. [192)


311
G.A.P.S.
Acerra Medico Chymica, 1713. [192)
Estimate:
€ 700 / $ 756
Sold:
€ 720 / $ 777

(incl. surcharge)
G.A.P.S. [Pseud.], Acerra medico-chymica. In qua invenientur non solum variae compositiones medicamentorum Hippocratico-Galenicorum, sed etiam plurima Arcana ... With engr. frontispiece and engr. title vignette and 1 woodcut initial. Leipzig/Frankfurt, A. Martin 1713. Contemp. calf. Small 4to. 7 ll., 528 pp., 6 ll.
Waller 177. - Zachert/Zeidler I, 11. - Not in Ferchl, Duveen and Ferguson. - Only edition of this rare alchemist and pharmaceutic writing, whose real authorship has not been found out up until today. The nice frontispiece (by S. Grimm) shows two medical scholars from the orient and the occident, with a small mining scene. - Title in red and black. Faintly stained in places and with water marks, 1 blank page with a longer entry by an old hand. Binding scraped and somewhat scuffed; spine with defective spot.




311
G.A.P.S.
Acerra Medico Chymica, 1713. [192)
Estimate:
€ 700 / $ 756
Sold:
€ 720 / $ 777

(incl. surcharge)