Lot 239
Alchemy.- Gdansk imprint.- Jābir ibn Ḥayyān () Summa perfectionis Magisterii in sua natura, Gdansk, Bruno Lorenz Tancke, 1682.
Hammer Price: £4,000
Description
Alchemy.- Gdansk imprint.- Ja?bir ibn H?ayya?n. Summa perfectionis Magisterii in sua natura, engraved additional pictorial title and 9 plates of apparatus, errata f., some foxing, lightly browned, 19th century black half morocco, spine gilt, [Duveen p.240; Ferguson i, 300; VD17 23:244420B], 8vo, Gdansk, Bruno Lorenz Tancke, 1682.
⁂ Only the second complete copy to appear at auction since 1984 (this assuming the 1984 copy had the errata f., which is not mentioned). An introduction to alchemical theory and practice, also drawing on others, including Avicenna.
Description
Alchemy.- Gdansk imprint.- Ja?bir ibn H?ayya?n. Summa perfectionis Magisterii in sua natura, engraved additional pictorial title and 9 plates of apparatus, errata f., some foxing, lightly browned, 19th century black half morocco, spine gilt, [Duveen p.240; Ferguson i, 300; VD17 23:244420B], 8vo, Gdansk, Bruno Lorenz Tancke, 1682.
⁂ Only the second complete copy to appear at auction since 1984 (this assuming the 1984 copy had the errata f., which is not mentioned). An introduction to alchemical theory and practice, also drawing on others, including Avicenna.
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