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[Occultism, heresy etc.]. Paracelsus (= Theophrastus von Hohenheim).
De natura rerum libri septem. De natura hominis libri duo, Opuscula verè aurea. Latin transl. G. Forberger Mysus.
Basle, P. Perna, 1573, 137,(6)p., contemp. overlapping vellum, sm. 8vo. - BOUND WITH: Dorn, G. In Theophrasti Paracelsi Auroram Philosophorum, Thesaurum, & Mineralem Oeconomiam, commentaria. Frankf. a.M., n.publ. (C. Rab), 1583, 210,(22 index)p. - AND WITH: Idem. Monarchia Triadis, in Unitate, Soli, Deo Sacra. (Basle, T. Guarinus, 1577), 65-127p., 8 woodcut ills. - AND WITH: Paracelcus. Anatomia Corporum adhuc viventium. (Ibid., idem, 1577), 129-191p., 4 woodcut ills. - AND WITH: Idem. Chirurgia vulnerum, cum recentium, tum veterum, occultorum & manifestorum Ulcerum, &c. Latin transl. G. Dorn. Ibid., P. Perna, n.d. (1569), (8),299,(4)p. - AND WITH: Idem. Libri XIIII Paragraphorum. Ed. M. Toxites. Strassb., C. Mylius, 1575, (48),191,(1)p., woodcut printer's vignette.
- Occas. dogeared/ creased and sl. waterst. (mostly in blank margins); old owner's annot. on first blank; various (old) owner's entries and ms. table of contents on blanks and title-p.; 2nd work title-p. inkstained. Vellum heavily soiled/ stained and w. remnants of libr. ticket on spine.
= From the library of Hieronymus Jordan (1617-1657), Göttingen city physician and writer (his owner's entry on title of first work). Ad 1: Sudhoff 145; Durling 3495; Ad 2: Sudhoff 197; Durling 1201; Welcome I, 1856; Adams D 850; Ad 3-4: Sudhoff 177; Welcome I, 4793; DSB IV, p.170; Adams P 265 (both parts from Aurora thesaurusque philosophorum); Ad 5: Sudhoff 112; Durling 3485; Wellcome I, 1856 and 4766; Adams P 268 (dating the work to 1575); Ad 6: Sudhoff 160; Durling 3502; Welcome I, 4785; Waller 7137; Adams P 285. Very rare collection. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
