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Heading: (Alchemy)
Author: Geber
Title: Chimia; sive, Traditio summę Perfectionis et Investigatio Magisterii innumeris locis emendata, ą Caspare Hornio ... Accessit ejusdem Medulla Alchimię Gebricę. Omnia edita ą Georgio Hornio
Place: Leiden
Publisher: Arnoldo Doude
Date: 1668
Item # : 121448
Sale Number   247
Lot Number   3
Sale Name    
Fine & Rare Books
Sale Date   09/12/2002
Sale Time   1pm PST
Low Estimate   $ 1,000
High Estimate   $ 1,500
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Description:
[20] (incl. added pictorial engraved title), 279 (misnumbered 179) pp. (12mo) 5½x3¾, period vellum, later endpapers.
Legendary text by the famed Arab alchemist, sometimes known as Jabir ibn Haiyan. The imprint is on the added pictorial title. Pp. 241-279 are incorrectly numbered 141-179. Ferguson, J. Bib. chemica. p.299; Duveen, D.I. Alchemica et chemica, p.239.
Condition:
Fine copy.
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