Die Geheimsymbole der Chemie und Medicin des Mittelalters

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Sale 326: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#326) 02/23/2006 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #3Die Geheimsymbole der Chemie und Medicin des Mittelalters

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$375

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Sale 326: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#326) 02/23/2006 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Description

Heading:

(Alchemy & the Occult)

Title:

Die Geheimsymbole der Chemie und Medicin des Mittelalters

Author:

Gessmann, G[sutav] W.

Place Published:

Munich

Publisher:

Franz C. Mickl

Date Published:

1900

Description:

xii, 67, 36 pp. With 120 plates of alchemical symbols, etc. 9¼x6, original brown cloth decorated in gilt, floral endpapers, marbled edges.

Rare work on alchemy in the middle ages, noteworthy for the numerous examples of alchemical symbols. Apparently the first edition, but a later issue - the Mickl imprint dated 1900 has been pasted over the Graz: Im Verlage der Verfassers, 1899, imprint on the title-page. The final 36 pages comprise the index, in German, Latin, French, English and Italian.

Condition:

Some rubbing to extremities; light staining to rear cover and top left corner of front cover; marginal dampstain to earlier leaves, else very good.

Item#:

168009
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