Albineus, Nathan

Estimate

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Description

Albineus, Nathan
Bibliotheca chemica contracta. Geneva: Jean Antoine and Samuel de Tournes, 1653
Paper

8vo (161 x 95mm.), woodcut printer's devices on title-pages, first title-page printed in red and black, woodcut initials and headpieces, contemporary vellum with remains of later paper spine covering, annotations in ink and pencil

Provenance

Georg Ernst, count of Erbach (1629-1669), inscription on flyleaf

Literature

Caillet 147; Duveen p.10; Ferguson i, 17

Catalogue Note

FIRST EDITION of this compilation, which contains works by Hermes, Augurello, Espagnet and Sendivogius as well as Albineus himself.