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Papin, Nicolas.
De pvlvere sympathico dissertatio [auctor] Nicolai Papinii. Lvtetiae, S. Piget, 1647.
[13], 40 p. 17.5 cm.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
... [Theophrasti Paracelsi von Hohenheim] ... Etliche Tractaten zum ander Mal in Truck aussgangen. Vom Podagra und sinen Speciebus. Vom Schlag. Von der fallender Sucht. Von der Daubsucht oder Unsinnigkeit. Vom Kaltenwehe. Von der Colica. Von dem Bauchreissen. Von der Wassersucht. Vom Schwinen oder Aridura. Vom Schwinen oder Schwindsucht, Hectica. Von Farbsuchten. Von Wurmen. Vom Stullauff. Item newlich hinzu getruckt: Von den podagrischen Kranekheiten [sic], und auch was jn Anhengig ein Fragmentum. Coln, Durch die Erben Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1567.
[8], 270, (i.e., 281), [2] p. port. 21 cm.
Bound with his Medici libelli. Coln, 1567.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
Medici libelli, des hocherfarnesten Theophrasti Paracelsi ... vorhin niemals in Truck ausgangen. Physionomia morborum. De terebinthina & vtroq; helleboro. Liber secundus de caduco matricis. De peste commentarius. Fragmentum aliud de peste. De ligno guaiaco. Explicatio aliquot aphorismorum Hippocratis. Coln, bey A. Byrckmans Erben, 1567.
[24], 261, [2] p. port. 21 cm.
Signatures: A-Z4, Aa-Nn4, Oo2.
Colophon: Zu Coln truckts Gerhart Vierenduntk ...
Provenance: Ex Libris Starrensteid (bookplate), Ex libris Danielis Norberti (inscription), Ex Libris Joannis Wennslais (inscription)
With this is bound his Etliche Tractaten zum ander Mal in Truck aussgangen. Coln, 1567.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
[Avr. Philip. Theoph. Paracelsi Bombast ab Hohenheim] Opera omnia: medico, chemico, chirvrgica, tribvs volvminibvs comprehensa. Ed. novissima et emendatissima, ad germanica & latina exemplaria accuratissimè collata: variis tractatibuss & opusculis summâ hinc inde diligentiâ conquisitis, vt in voluminis primi praefatione indicatur, locupletata: indicibusq; exactissimis instructa. Genevae, I. Antonij, & S. De Tournes, 1658.
3 v. in 2. diagrs., port. 34 cm.
Pare, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.
Les oevvres de Ambroise Pare. Auec les figures & portraicts tant de l'anatomie que des instruments de chirurgie, & de plusieurs monstres. Le tout diuise en vingt six liures, comme il est contenu en la page suyuante. Paris, Chez G. Buon, 1575.
[20], 945, [45] p. woodcuts: illus., headpieces, initials, port. 35 cm.
Signatures: *6, **4, a-z6, A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, AA-NN6, OO3.
Pare, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.
The works of that famous chirurgeon Ambrose Parey, tr. out of Latin and compared with the French, by Th. Johnson: together with three tractates concerning the veins, arteries, and nerves: exemplified with large anatomical figures. Tr. out of Adrianus Spigelius. London, Printed by M. Clark, 1678.
[20], 713, [4], 44, [17] p. illus., plates. 37 cm.
Provenance: Chas. Wm. Quinl (Bookplate crest)
Petrus de Abano, 1250-1315.
De Venenis. [Rome, Stephan Plannck, 29 April, 1484]
[18] l. 20.5 cm.
Colophon: Finit tractatus vtilissimus de Uenenis per Magistrum Petrum de Abbano copositus. Impressus Rome. Anno domini. Mcccc.lxxxiiii. die penultima Aprilis.
BMC (XV cent.) IV, 83; HC(Add)11*; Pr. 3641; Goff P-441.
Early discussion of magnetic cures.
Petrus Peregrinus, of Maricourt, 13th cent.
[Petri Peregrini Maricurtensis] De magnete, seu rota perpetui motus, libellus. Divi Ferdinandi Rhomanorum Imperatoris auspicio, per Achillem P. Gasserum L: nunc primum promulgatus. Augsburgi in Suevis, 1558.
[28] l. 4 woodcut diagrs. 20 cm.
Signatures: [*4], A-F4. The second and third leaves of [*] are marked ii and iii. Bound with Lacinio, Giano. Praeciosa ac nobilissima artis chymiae collectanea de occultissimo. Nuremburg, 1554.
Considered the most important work on the magnet prior to William Gilbert; reports 13th century experiments with the lodestone.
Placet, Francois.
La superstition du temps, reconnue aux talismans, figures astrales, & statues fatales. Contre un livre anonyme intitule Les talismans iustifiez avec la poudre de sympathie soupconnee de magie, par Francois Placet. Paris, Gervais Alliot & Gilles, 1668.
[24], 226 p. 14.3 cm.
Plinius Secundus, Caius.
Historia naturalis. [Venice, Marinus Saracenus, 1487]
[270] l. 32.5 cm.
Signatures: aaii, bbvi, a-zviii, &viii, A-Gviii, Hix. Two blank leaves, aa1 and H10, are missing.
Colophon: Venetiis impressuz per Magistrum Marinum Saracenum. Anno. M.CCCCLXXXVII. Die. xiiii. Mensis Maii. Regnante Illustrissimo Principe Augustino Barbarico.
Spaces with guide letters for capitals.
BMC (XV cent.) V, p. 413; HC* 13096; Pr. 5157; Goff P-795.
Wheeler 4 (1497).
Records the ability of the electric fish to numb even at a distance.
Plinius Secundus, Caius.
The historie of the world. Commonly called, The Natvrall historie of C. Plinivs Secundus. Trans. into English by Philemon Holland. The first [second] tome. London, Printed by A. Islip, 1601. 2 v. in 1. 33 cm.
Provenance: Sir Joseph Radcloffe Bart. "Virtus Propter Se" (Bookplate crest)
Plinius Secundus, Caius.
[C. Plinii Secvndi] Natvralis historiae libri trigintaseptum, a Paulo Manutio multis in locis emendati. Castigationes Sigismvndi Gelenii. Index plenissimvs. Venetiis, Apud P. Manutium, Aldi f., 1559.
[28] p., 976 columns, [26], [131] p. 31.5 cm.
Polybus.
De salubri victus ratione priuatorum. Gvinterio Ioanne Andernaco interprete.
l. 13-14. 29.2 cm.
(In Galenus. Liber de plenitudine. Prostant in vico, 1528.)
Porta, Giovanni Battista della, 1535?-1615.
Io. Bapt. Portae Magiae natvralis libri XX. Ab ipso authore expurgati, & superaucti, in quibus scientiarum naturalium diuitiae, & delitiae demonstrantur. I. De mirabilium rerum causis. II. De varijs animalibus gignendis. III. De nouis plantis producendis. IIII. De augenda supellectili. V. De metallorum transmutatione. VI. De gemmarum adulterijs. VII. De miraculis magnetis. VIII. De portentosis medelis. IX. De mulierum cosmetice. X. De extrahendis rerum essentijs. XI. De myropoeia. XII. De incendiarijs ignibus. XIII. De raris ferri temperaturis. XIIII. De miro conuiuiorum apparatu. XV. De capiendis manu feris. XVI. De inuisibilibus literarum notis. XVII. De catoptricis imaginibus. XVIII. De staticis experimentis. XIX. De pneumaticis. XX. Chaos. Neapoli, Apud H. Saluianum, 1589.
[8] l., 303 p. illus., port. (woodcuts) 31.5 cm.
Provenance: Aloysius de Marsino emit anno 1801 (signature). Mario Cermenat (ink stamp); ex lib. Pui Rutinellii Parm.s (signature)
Power, Henry, 1623-1668.
Experimental philosophy, in three books: containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical. With some deductions, and probable hypotheses, raised from them, in avouchment and illustration of the now famous atomical hypothesis, by Henry Power. London, Printed by T. Roycroft, for J. Martin, and J. Allestry, 1664.
[24], 193, [1] p. illus., diagr., fold. plate. 20.6 cm.
Provenance: Presented to the Scarsbro' Philosophical Society by H Gillispy Esq London (inscription)
In Ronalds, Gartrell 434.
Primerose, James, d. 1659.
Animadversiones in Iohannis Wallaei ... disputationem medicam, quam pro circulatione sanguinis Harveana proposuit: cui addita est, ejusdem de usu lienis adversus medicos recentiores sententia. Amstelodami, Apud I. Ianssonium, 1640.
56 p. 18.8 cm.
Bound with Harvey, W. De motu cordis. Lugduni Batavorum, 1639.
Believed to be the earliest to speculate on electricity's role in the circulatory system.
Primerose, James, d. 1659.
Animadversiones in theses, quas pro circulationes sanguinis in Academia Vltrajectensi Henricus Le Roy. Lugduni Batavorum, Ex officina I. Maire, 1640.
[18] p. 18.8 cm.
Bound with Harvey, W. De motu cordis. Lugduni Batavorum, 1639.
Proclus, 412-485.
La sfera di Proclo Liceo, tradota de maestro Egnatio Danti. Con le annotazioni & con l'uso della sfera del medesimo. Fiorenza, Nella stamperia de' Giunti, 1573. [8], 55 p. illus., tables. 21 cm.
Signatures: *4, A-G4.
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