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JEFFREY D. MANCEVICE, INC.
P.O. Box 20413, West Side Station
Worcester, MA 01602
Phone: (508) 755-7421
FAX: (508) 753-2317: www.mancevicebooks.com
E-mail: info@mancevicebooks.com
ALCHEMY/PHARMACEUTICAL & MEDICAL PRINTS WITH
EARLY PRINTED BOOKS -- PART I PRINTS
LARGE MID-18TH CENTURY ETCHING OF AN ALCHEMIST AT WORK
1. ANONYMOUS ETCHING [HUTIN, Charles after WYCK, Thomas?]. Alchemist at work untitled. Mid-18th
century. 41 x 31 cm. or 16 1/4" x 12 1/2" (image), Etching and engraving on a fine thick laid paper. Light toning.
Light traces mounting on reverse corners. Early penciled note along bottom blank margin stating it is after painting
by Thomas Wyck and engraved by Charles Hutin (see below).
$1500
A very large and fine etching of an alchemist at work. The alchemist is seated at his desk in a small and rustic
room filled with well-worn furnishings, surrounded by books, tools and glassware (retorts, alembics, bottles, flasks,
etc.), various metal working tools, a basket of coal, a broken crucible, a small bird in a cage by the open window, a
large stuffed exotic fish (sturgeon or paddlefish?) hangs from the ceiling. Against the back wall a ladder leads up to
a shelf holding the alchemist's bed. Behind the
alchemist is a small furnace and we find the main
subject in the middle of an experiment (possibly
transmutation) with a crucible in the fire he holds
tongs in one hand while leaning forward to read a
passage in one of the two open manuscripts before
him (propped up with other old books)
While the etcher was clearly a very
accomplished artist in this medium, he didn't sign
the plate nor is there any other information on the
printer or publisher. However, a previous owner has
penciled in, along the bottom blank margin, that
this is after a painting by "Th. Wyck" and that it
was etched by a "Ch. Hutin". Presumably, this
would be Thomas Wyck (Wijk, or Wiyck; 1616–
1677) who was a Dutch painter of port views and
genre paintings. In examining his works available
online, he did make several paintings of alchemist
laboratories and the present work is very similar his
painting, appropriately titled, "The Alchemist" at
the Fitzwilliam Museum. The suggested etcher
would be Charles Hutin (1715-1776) who was a
French engraver, painter and sculptor who would
later become director of the Royal Academy of Arts
in Dresden.
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“AN APOTHECARY IN HIS SHOP EXAMINES THE THROAT OF A YOUNG FEMALE SINGER”
2. BARTOLOZZI, Francesco (engraver); LONGHI, Pietro (artist). Vezzoza giovinetta un morbo assale / Che
rauca rende la parola e il canto; / L'esamina un Perito, e scrive intanto / Medica penna la ricetta al male. (Venice):
appo Wagner C.P.E.S., (1740 - 1760). 44 x 35.4 cm. or 17 1/4" x 14 1/4" (plate mark), Line engraving and etching.
Margins on verso with narrow paper strips remaining after removing from frame. Some light sunning. Penned
number in bottom blank margin "No. 19-4" in a contemporary hand.
$2250
A very large example of a rare and early etching by
Bartolozzi before he became famous. "An apothecary in his
shop examines the throat of a young female singer, an
apprentice takes notes and other patients wait their turn.
Line engraving by F. Bartolozzi after P. Longhi. ... The
shop has shelves full of apothecary jars; a painting of the
Nativity hangs above a doorway; an aloe plant (then known
for its purification of the blood) is in the foreground along
with a small burner and bellows" (Wellcome)
A fine large engraving which is an early work by
Bartolozzi that was done during his period of employment
with Joseph Wagner in Venice. It is after a painting by
Pietro Longhi (1702-1785), a Venetian artist who
specialized in contemporary genre scenes of life, and which
now resides in the Academia di Belle Arti in Venice.
Francesco Bartolozzi RA (1727 – 1815) "a celebrated
engraver ... was instructed in drawing by Ferretti at
Florence, and learned the art of engraving from Joseph
Wagner at Venice. His first productions were ... engraved
whilst he was in the employment of Wagner. But the
theatre destined for the display of his talents was England,
where he arrived in 1764. Soon after, he was appointed
engraver to the king ... Few artists have reached so
distinguished a rank in their profession as Bartolozzi,"
(Bryan's Dict. I, p. 91). While he would reside for nearly
forty years in London, where he was most prolific, his early
work is of great interest and certainly of greater rarity; he
"executed some works of considerable importance at
Venice." (Enc. Brit. 11th ed.).
A beautiful and strong impression of this rather large
etching. It is a very early and rare etching by Bartolozzi,
executed while he was employed in Venice by the print seller Joseph Wagner. It was at Wagner's art academy for
engraving that he had learned the technique of etching. It was only after Bartolozzi's move to London that his career
would take off.
§ Wellcome Library no. 15956i; G. Marini, 'Pietro Longhi and his engravers', Print quarterly, 1994, vol. 11, pp.
401-410 (p. 408, n. 26).
THE STUDY OF A CHEMIST/PHYSICIAN
3. DUNKER, Balthasar Anton (etcher); DOU, Gerard (artist). Du Cabinet de Mr Le
Duc de Choiseul / De la grandeur de 22 pouces ½ sur 18". (signed) "Gerardow pinx.".
(ca. 1771). 24 x 17.1 cm. 9 1/2" x 6 3/4" (plate mark) 111/4" x 8" (sheet size), Etching
on laid paper. Signed by Dunker in the etching archway. Engraved number "49"
appears in top margin. Lightly sunned from previous framing.
$475
"A urinoscopist examining a glass bottle, seen through an arched window, a
peasant woman standing behind him, books and a globe on the window-sill; after
Gerrit Dou" (British Library Print Coll.). Lovely etching of pharmacist or physician
examining flask with an assistant (or patient) in his study before an open window, with
an alembic glass, human skull, mortars and pestles, a globe, book and open manuscript.
This is Plate 49 from the series: Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du
cabinet de Monseigneur le Duc de Choiseul. After the painting by Dou in the
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Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv.no.592. Some uniform toning from light exposure from previous framing.
Balthasar Anton Dunker (1746 – 1807) was a German landscape painter and etcher. "He was a pupil of Jakob
Philipp Hackert and of Vien and was more distinguished as an etcher than as a painter. His works are after Roos,
Van der Does, Hackert, and Schutz, and consist of costumes and manners of the French before the Revolution,
illustrations of books, and other miscellaneous subjects." (Bryan's Dict. II, p. 101).
§ Nicolas, Balthasar-Antoine Dunker, no. 29.23.
DUTCH SURGEON/BARBER TREATING A WOUND IN HIS SURGERY
4. DUSART, Cornelis. Heelmeester. "De duyvel, Meester Hans, is dat myn arm verbinden; Riep Teuwes op die
schreeu trok griet een scheve bek. Je praat zo wat, zei Hans, ik moet het kwaad eerst vinden; Zal ik 't geneezen: wel
hoe baarje, ben je gek? A.B.". Amsterdam: J. Cole Exc. Cum Privilegio Ord. Holl. et West Frisiae, 1695. 25.5 x 18
cm: (10" x 7"), Etching. Signed and dated in plate "Corn: Dusart fec et inv. 1695." Narrow margins. Minor
smudging in bottom text block with tiny hole repair. Small traces of paper glued on verso corners from earlier
framing along with early penned notation "N: 113".
$1250
Fine etching by Cornelius Dusart of a surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient signed and
dated by the etcher ('C. Dusart, fec. et inv. 1695") with four lines of mocking verse in Dutch signed 'A.B.' "In the
middle of the print, a seated peasant shows by his screams the sharp pain which is being caused to him by a country
surgeon who is probing a wound in his arm. A woman standing in the background to left shows her sympathy by
clasping her hands (translated from Bartsch's description)" (Wellcome). The surgeon is surrounded with various
glassware, pottery and instruments related to his
profession including a belt with a large number of
metal instruments and a straight razor tucked into his
hat.
Cornelis Dusart (1660-1704) "Like his teacher,
Adriaen van Ostade, Cornelis Dusart specialized in
depicting the everyday life of the Dutch lower class. It
was only after his teacher's death that Dusart
developed his own, more refined style.
"Dusart was born in Haarlem in 1660, the son of a
church organist. In his late teens, he studied painting
with Van Ostade, and his earliest works relied heavily
on his teacher's compositions. After Van Ostade's
death in 1685, Dusart took over the contents of the
studio and owned both Adriaen's works and those of
Van Ostade's brother, Isack. Dusart reworked and sold
many of their drawings, and in the process assimilated
their styles and subjects. He also completed or adapted
oil paintings by Jan Steen, whose style inspired him to
develop figures with exaggerated expressions,
gestures, and clothing.
"Dusart's depictions of peasants drinking and
carousing were probably not intended as moral lessons
about vice, but rather, served as a form of comedy.
The satirical side of Dusart's art reflected popular
theater, and his published prints had an impact on
Dutch caricature. By his death in 1704, Dusart had
acquired a remarkable collection by the Italian and
Dutch artists who most inspired him." (Getty
Museum).
§ Wellcome Library no. 22505i; Hollstein, Dutch
13-2(4); Bartsch, 13.
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AN ALCHEMIST HOLDING TONGS AT HIS FURNACE
5. MAIOTTO, Domenico Maiotto (artist); WAGNER, Joseph (engraver). Io tutto in oro convertir costumo. / E
costui che vuol oro il manda in fumo. Venice: Ex calcographia I. Wagner ... C.P.E.S., ca. 1780. 10 1/2 " x 13" (plate
mark); 14 1/4" x 19" (sheet), Etching. Printed on fine thick laid paper. With very wide margins [not shone here]
Some very mild foxing.
$1650
An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching Base on a
painting by Domenico Maggiotto (1713-1794), an Italian painter
and engraver of the late-Baroque period. Joseph Wagner (1706-
1780) was a Swiss engraver who studied under Laurent Cars in
Paris and later studied and worked in Venice, Rome, Bologna and
England, where he resided for a while. He returned to Venice
where he opened a school and carried on a considerable business as
a print seller. Among his pupils and later employee was Bartolozzi.
§ Wellcome Library no. 36438i.
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THE ALCHEMIST IN MEDITATION
6. WYCK, Thomas (artist): TEXIER, V.A.L. (engraver). L'alchimiste en méditation. Peint par T. Wyck. Dessiné
par Gianni. Gravé par V. Texier. Paris: ca 1777 – 1864. 31 x 26 cm. (image) 11 1/2" x 11 1/2"(plate mark) 20 1/2 x
16 3/4" (sheet siz), Line engraving with etching printed on fine thick laid paper.
$1500
"An alchemist in scholar's clothes sits in contemplation at his desk, bent over an open text with quill in hand. His
workroom is cluttered with texts and earthenware vessels, a large globe, trunks and barrels. At right, a portrait of a
scholarly man hangs on the wall near a large window. Light streams into the scene, giving the composition a sense
of quiet hermetic study." (Science History Institute). While the dates given are the lifetime of the artist it appears to
probably have been done in the early 1800s because of the quality of the laid paper.
The Dutch artist and engraver, Thomas Wyck (ca.1616-1677), seemed to have had a special interest in alchemy
considering how frequently it was the subject matter in his painting and etchings.
The engraver, Victor André Louis Texier (1777-
1864), had been a pupil of Fr. Piranesi and Pierre
Laurent. Bryan's Dictionary of Art notes that he was
specialized in interior views such as chemist's
laboratories; possibly referring to the present work? A
beautiful and extremely wide margined copy. The
copies online, e.g. Wellcome, Science History Institute
and Harvard University appear to have been toned and
foxed from framing (?). While there are traces of paper
tape from mounting on the reverse from its fine fresh
condition the print must have been kept in a very dark
room.
§ Wellcome Library no. 36093i.
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FINE ENGRAVED & ETCHED PORTRAIT BY GEORGE
VERTUE
7. BOYLE, Robert. THE HON:ble ROBERT BOYLE (Series: Birch's Heads).
London: Impensis J & P Knapton Londini 1740. 36.3 x 23.9 (plate mark)
14 1/2" x 9 1/2 ", Engraved by George Vertue, 1739 after the painting by
Johannes Kerseboom in the collection of Dr. Mead.
$350
"Portrait, half-length to right, with head turned to left, but looking to
front; wearing a long wig, cravat, and loose robe; curtain behind; in an oval
frame illuminated by sunrays from above left, decorated with garlands of
tulips and a palm leaf, placed behind a pedestal with coat of arms on front,
on which lie books, caliper and specimens of minerals; scientific equipment
in foreground on left; illustration to Tindal's 'The continuation of Mr.
Rapin's History of England' (London); published state; after Kerseboom.
1739. Engraving and etching" (British Museum cat.).
§ Alexander, George Vertue as an Engraver 808; Ver Huell, Jacobus
Houbraken et son oeuvre 68; Wellcome Portrait Catalogue, 400.11.
FINE ENGRAVED & ETCHED PORTRAIT BY GEORGE VERTUE
8. LOCKE, John. JOHN LOCKE Esq. London; no publisher. 36.2 x 24 cm.
(plate mark), 14 1/4" x 9 3/4", Print engraved and etched by George Vertue,
1738, after: Sir Godfrey Kneller painting dated 1697. In the Possession of
the Revd. Dr. William Geekie. With 1/2 to 1" margins.
$250
"Portrait of John Locke, half-length to front, with head turned to look
towards right; wearing a loose gown over shirt with high collar; in an oval
frame decorated with shell, scroll, Acanthus leaf and ribbon on top, placed
over a pedestal, with cartouche in front, featuring a figure seated behind a
globe and shield, holding a laurel branch, leaning on books; three volumes
of books on left, lettered with "Lock. Vol. III.", "Lock I", and "Vol II.";
illustration to Tindal's 'The continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England'
(London); published state; after Kneller. 1738. Engraving and etching"
(British Museum Cat.).
§ Alexander, George Vertue as an Engraver 787; Ver Huell, Jacobus
Houbraken et son oeuvre 70; Wellcome Portrait Catalogue, 1796.5.
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PART II BOOKS
ON THE ORIGIN OF DEMONS & THEIR INFLUENCE ON MEN
9. ANANIA, Giovanni Lorenzo d'. De natura daemonum ...libri quatuor. Quorum 1. Agit de origine & differentia
daemonum. 2. De eorundem in homines potestate. 3. De his, quae daemones per se operantur in nobis. 4. De his,
quae hominum auxilio peragunt. Quae omnia tum exemplis, tum rationibus philosophicis, ac theologicis
comprobantur. Cum indice rerum memorabilium. Venice: Aldus Manutius, The Younger, 1589. 8vo, [12], 211 pp.
With woodcut Aldine device on title-page and first two words of title in a woodcut frame. Italic type. Minor traces
of use; few tiny stains in outer blank margins. Modern vellum over boards.
$2500
Second Aldine edition. "Giovanni Lorenzo d'Anania, a native of Calabria, ... wrote a work on the nature of
demons which was printed separately more than once and was also included in the Malleus maleficarum. ... Anania
believed in the existence of both aerial and subterranean demons. He held that demons only pretend to shun certain
constellations and regarded both astrological and necromantic images as operative only by demon aid. He thought
that demons could inflict diseases which differed from those that arise naturally from the humors. Diseases from
demons come on more suddenly and are rarely curable by medicines. He believed that demons are terrified by the
relics of the saints, but that they are cast out now less frequently than formerly." (Thorndike VI, p. 527-27)..
§ EDIT 16, CNCE 15957; IA 105.089; Caillet I, no. 272; Renouard p. 242, no. 6; Graesse I, p. 114.
COUNT CAGLIOSTRO'S LIFE AND DEEDS / NOTORIOUS MAGICIAN & OCCULTIST
10. [BARBERI, Giovanni]. Leben und Thaten des Joseph Balsamo, sogenannten Grafen Cagliostro. Nebst einigen
Nachrichten über die Beschaffenheit und den Zustand der Freymaurersekten; Aus den Akten des 1790. in Rom wider
ihn geführten Prozesses gehoben, und aus dem in der päbstlichen Kammerdruckerey erschienenen italienischen
Originale übersetzt. Zürich: Orell, Geßner, Füßli u. Comp., 1791. 8vo, XII, 171, [1] pp. (the last p. blank). light
foxing. Modern book collections book plate. Modern red morocco gilt tooled with stars on covers and spine.
$650
FIRST EDITION of this German translation of the "Compendio della vita, e delle gesta di
Giuseppe Balsamo denominato il conte Cagliostro" that had appeared earlier in the same year in
Rome. [Life and deeds of Joseph Balsamo, the so-called Count Cagliostro. Along with some
news about the nature and condition of the Masonic sects; Raised from the files of the 1790 trial
against him in Rome and translated from the Italian originals published in the papal chamber
printing house]. Includes a translator's preface who is identified by Bürger (Aufklärung in
Zürich) as Christian Joseph Jagemann (1735-1804) who had also included his own preface.
The "Compendio" had first appeared while Cagliostro's trial in 1791 was still in progress. Its
authorship has been disputed in the past but it is now generally attributed to Giovanni Barberi
(1748-1821), who was a magistrate of the famous trial held in Rome by the Holy Office and
apparently had access to the documentation in the possession of the Holy Inquisition for his
investigations. It is considered the most reliable biography of Cagliostro (1743-1795). The trial
ended with a conviction to life imprisonment against the Sicilian magician and adventurer.
The text is composed in four parts with the first dealing with Cagliostro's life, the second
with the history of masonry and of the Egyptian Rite invented by him, the third with the
relationship between Cagliostro and the Masonic circles, and finally the last part deals with the
Free Mason Lodge.
§ Caillet, Bibl. Sciences psychiques ou occultes, 1892 (cf. 1894); Wolfstieg, Bib. der
Freimaurerischen literatur, I, 14376; Hayn, Procès du Collier 88; Lattanzi, Bibliografia
Cagliostrana 128 (v); Haven. Maitre inconnu Cagliostro. Bib., 63 (cf. 50); Bürger, Aufklärung in
Zürich, 534.
COUNT CAGLIOSTRO'S LIFE AND DEEDS / NEW TRANSLATION
11. [BARBERI, Giovanni]. Kurzer Inbegriff von dem Leben und den Thaten des Joseph Balsami, oder des
sogenannten Grafen Cagliostro. Ein Auszug aus dem wider denselben im Jahre 1790 in Rom angestellten
Untersuchungs- processe, wodurch man zugleich mit dem Geiste der Freymäurerey bekannt wird. Rome [i.e.
Zürich]: No printer [Orell], 1791. 8vo, 231 pp. Woodcut title vignette. Light foxing. Modern collector book plate.
Uncut copy. Modern morocco backed marbled boards (original rear wrapper bound in).
$550
A new German translation of the "Compendio della vita, e delle gesta di Giuseppe Balsamo denominato il conte
Cagliostro" that had appeared earlier in the same year in Rome. The German translator did not include his own
preface as had the translator of the other Zurich edition attributed to Orell.
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The "Compendio" had first appeared while Cagliostro's trial in 1791 was still in progress.
Its authorship has been disputed in the past but it is now generally attributed to Giovanni
Barberi (1748-1821), who was a magistrate of the famous trial held in Rome by the Holy
Office and had access to documentation in the possession of the Holy Inquisition for his
investigations. It is considered the most reliable biography of Cagliostro (1743-1795). The trial
ended with a conviction to life imprisonment against the Sicilian adventurer.
The text is composed in four parts with the first dealing with Cagliostro's life, the second
with the history of masonry and of the Egyptian Rite invented by him, the third with the
relationship between Cagliostro and the Masonic circles, and finally the last part deals with the
Free Mason Lodge.
Weller (Falsche Druckorte) attributes the false imprint to Orell in Zurich. This is a bit
curious since Orell had also published a different German translation of the same text that year
under their own imprint, putting it in direct competition with their other translation. Although
the title has been somewhat abbreviated, and the wording of the translation is completely
different, it is the same text.
§ VD18 14133997; Hayn, Procès du Collier, 56; Weller, Falsche Druckorte, vol. I, p. 149;
cf. Caillet, Bibl. Sciences psychiques ou occultes, 1892.
DEMONS & EXORCISMS BY THE FRANCISCANS
12. BERG, Vincent von. Enchiridium quadripartitum P. Vincentii von Berg Franciscani conventualis pars prima
exhibet varias, selectas, exquisitissimasque benedictiones rerum omnigenarum approbatas ... pars secunda tractat
de regulis artis exorcisticae cum suis exorcismis ... pars terita agit de archi-confraternitate ... pars quarta
praescribit modum aegros, agonizantesque adjuvandi, agendi cum obstinatis, haereticis convertendis, sagis
examinandis ... : accedit horum Anacephalaeosis germanismo. Cologne: Typis Joannis Conradi Gussen, 1743. 8vo,
[14], 342, [10] pp. (without often lacking 144 page supplement and without frontispiece). With 4 text engravings
and 2 woodcuts. Title printed in red and black. Contemporary calf rebacked (with ca. 30 blank leaves bound at end).
$275
Deals with exorcism and heretics, and with the rules of the Franciscan order, etc. theological issues. The copy
the 144-page supplement which appears to be often lacking as well as the frontispiece. It collates the same as the
Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek digital online copy which also lacks the supplement (but does have the frontispiece).
Includes the four fine emblematic engravings of members of the Franciscan order involved in exorcisms. The plate
opposite page 129 is a portrait of Andreas de Conti, a Franciscan who was beatified in 1724 by Pope Innocent XIII
for his supposed ability to cast out demons.
§ VD18 12658642-001; not in Caillet, Rosenthal, BM&P or Graesse BM&P.
5. BODENSCHATZ
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IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SOURCE FOR JEWISH LIFE IN GERMANY IN MID-18TH CENTURY
ILLUSTRATED WITH 30 BEAUTIFUL ETCHED PLATES
13. BODENSCHATZ, Johann Christoph Georg. Aufrichtig Teutsch Redender Hebräer, welcher gründlich zeiget den
Ursprung und die Schicksale des Jüdischen Volcks. Frankfurt & Leipzig: (Verlegts Martin Göbhardt Buchhändler
von Bamberg), 1756. 4to, 4 parts in 1 volume. [8], 206, 386 (i.e. 384), [2] (Errata), 256, 270, [34] pp. (Index and
Errata). With engraved frontispiece and 29 (1 folding) etched and engraved plates. Text in German and Hebrew.
Neat repairs to top outer corner of leaves C1 & 2 affecting a few words. Printed on a very good quality paper.
Overall a very nice copy. Dark blue paper covered boards (ca. 1800). See previous page for illus.
$2650
Second edition of this important work by, Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz (1717-1797), which had first
appeared in 1748-49 under the title "Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden, sonderlich derer in Deutschland". In
it the Protestant theologian conscientiously and completely without prejudice describes the living conditions,
methods of worship, the beliefs, and doctrines of the Jews as well as the Jewish rites and customs of his time. The
work is one of the most important sources on the history of Jewish life in Germany in the middle of the 18th century.
The work is illustrated with thirty fine etchings accurately depicting subjects drawn from contemporary Jewish
life in Germany including many Jewish rites and customs described in the text. The etchings, which appear in find
dark impressions, are very somber and respectful of the subject matter. The work is also unusual in having been
printed on a particularly good quality paper which was unusual for German publications of this period.
§ Graesse I, p. 459; Encyclop. Judaica IV, 1162; NDB II, 355.
ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN WORKS PUBLISHED BY HUBER
14. CRATES, Thebanus; STABIUS, Johannes (Editor). Cratis Thebani Cynici philosophi Ep[isto]le aureis
sentencijs referte theologie consentanee. Nuremberg: Ambrosius Huber, 1501. 4to, [16] pp. Large title woodcut.
Capital initial spaces; very small repairs to blank outer corners of first 2 leaves; title-page and last blank page a little
dusty; contemporary annotation in blank margin. Modern half vellum.
$3850
FIRST EDITION of this very rare post-incunable printed by Ambrosius Huber which
is one of only three works he is known to have published. The text consists of spurious
letters on philosophical matters ascribed to Crates of Thebes, the famous pupil of
Diogenes and the last great representative of Cynicism. Edited by the noted humanist and
Poet Laureat, Johannes Stabius (d. 1522), who was also a mathematician, historian,
astronomer, geographer and advisor on scientific and artistic matters to Emperor
Maximilian I, and friend of Conrad Celtis, Pirckheimer and Albrecht Dürer. He dedicates
the work to Johannes Graccus Pierius (or Krachenberger), another member of Sodalitas
litteraria Danubiana, and includes a dedicatory poem. He supplements the work with a
four-page poem by Conrad Celtis (1459-1508); consisting of an Ode in praise of
Johannes Trithmemius, abbot of Spanheim, extolling his many scholarly achievements
(cf. K. Arnold, Trithemius, 1971, p. 76) and probably appears here for the first time.
Stabius is perhaps best known for his collaborations with his friend Albrecht Dürer on
such projects such as in composing the general program for the famous Ehrenpforte
(Triumphal Arch) of Maximilian (1512) and in publishing a world map in 1515 (cf.
Contemporaries of Erasmus, III, p. 274).
The attractive woodcut on the title-page represents Crates of Thebes in discourse with
his teacher Diogenes, depicting both in the pilgrim's cloak with staff and bag, standing on
pentagrams. Although the execution is rather simple, the design is vigorous and may be
attributed to a prominent member of the Nuremberg school.
§ VD 16, C 5697; IA 146.404; Proctor 11023; BM/STC German, p. 227; Panzer VII, 440, 6; Benzing,
Humanismus in Nürnberg, no. 68.
CONCUBINAGE AND THE CHURCH
15. CUYCK, Hendrik van. Speculum concubinariorum sacerdotum, monachorum ac clericorum. Cologne: Apud
Bernardum Gualtheri, 1599. 8vo, [24], 148, [2] pp. (last 2 pages blank). With woodcut printer's device on title-page.
Light to moderate browning due to quality of paper used; early owner's name washed from title-page; top margins
short, with a few headers slightly trimmed. 18th century sheep with gilt spine (damp mark).
$975
FIRST EDITION of this often cited but scarce work, in which Hendrik van Cuyck (1546-1609), Bishop of
Roermond, accuses priests, monks and other members of the clergymen of the practice of having concubines. Van
Cuyck quotes early texts and examples from church history as well as from his contemporaries such as Erasmus and
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Melanchthon on spiritual fornication. He dedicates the work to the Cardinal-Archduke Andreas of Austria. Brunet
notes that while the title sounds like a satire against the Roman Catholic Church it is actually very orthodox.
Henrik van Cuyck was a professor of moral philosophy at the university of Antwerp and served as the editor for
a number of works printed by the Plantin Press. He was a consecrated bishop in 1596 and was a major contributor to
the Malines Catechism that was used throughout the archdiocese of Mechelen from 1608 onwards.
§ VD 16, C 6493; Adams C-3141; BM/STC German p. 233; Graesse II, p. 315; Brunet II, col. 458.
THREE IMPORTANT EARLY TEXTS ON WITCHCRAFT, MAGIC & DEMONOLOGY IN GERMAN
16. DANEAU, Lambert; MOLITORIS, Ulricus; VALLICK, Jacob. Von den Zauberern, Hexen, und Unholden. Drei
Christliche verscheidene,unnd zu diesen unsern ungefärlichen zeiten notwendige Bericht, auß Gottes wort,
Geistlichen und Weltlichen Rechten, unnd sunst allerley bewerten Historien gezogen durch ... Lambertum Danacum,
Jacobum Vallick, unnd Ulricum Molitoris; Viler ungleicher fragen unnd meynungen halben, so in diser Matery
vorfallen mügen allen Vögten, Schultheissen, Amptleuten ... hochnützlich unnd dienlich. [first title: Von Hexen unnd
Unholden, ein christlicher, nützlicher, unnd zu disen vnsern gefährlichen zeiten notwendiger Bericht ... Anfenglich
vor 114. Jare[n] durch Ulricum Molitoris ... lateinisch in form eines gesprechs, gestellet, vnd jetz newlich auffs
trewlichst verteutschet ... durch Conradum Lautenbach]. Cologne: Joh. Gymnicum, 1576. 8vo, 2 parts in 1 volume
(bound in reverse order). [8], 109 (i.e 108) pp., 2 blank leaves; 222 (i.e. 224) pp. (2nd work continuously paginated
but in 2 parts). Old ownership inscription on title-page ("Ex Bibliotheca J. Schwartzman Philia et Medica Doct:
1669"); book plate of Ulco Proost and 1 other; outer letter of shoulder notes occasionally touched by binder. 17th
century speckled calf with gilt arms of Johann Georg von Pichelsdorf on both covers.
$6500
FIRST EDITION of these German translations of three important texts on
witchcraft, magic and demonology bound in two parts but in reverse of the usual order.
The translator, Conrad Lautenbach (1534-1595), was a German scholar and Lutheran
pastor who is best known for his translations into German of Josephus' Works in 1574
and the Hegesippus in 1575.
Lambert Daneau's text was first appeared in Latin as De veneficiis in 1574 at
Geneva. Daneau (1530-1595), a Calvinist theologian at the University of Geneva from
1574 to 1581 and later at Leiden, was firmly convinced of the reality of witchcraft and
became the most famous of the "witch hunters" in the southwestern Alpine region,
Geneva and Savoy. "Daneau was one of the most celebrated theologians of the
sixteenth century" (New Schaff-Herzog III, p. 347). His work "on sorcerers was widely
read, running through a dozen editions in Latin, French, German and English before the
end of the century, ... Daneau can remember the time, he says, when the Parliament of
Paris would dismiss a charge of sorcery as an idle laughing matter. But recently it has
been considering an almost infinite number of such cases and pronouncing judgments
daily upon men from various provinces, including even nobles and the learned."
(Thorndike, VI, pp. 346-51). His views on the topic of hunting witches caused trouble
for him in Leiden. It was soon translated into English by Thomas Twyne as A Dialogue
of Witches (1575).
The vernacular treatise on magical agency (Tooveren, wat dat voor een werc is) by
Jacob Vallick, Catholic parish priest of the village of Groessen, was first printed by
Nicolaas Biestkens in 1559. It is written in the form of a fictional dialogue that depicts
in simple, everyday terms, the typical experiences of the village clergyman when confronting popular attitudes to
affliction and witchcraft. For a detailed analysis of the text see Stuart Clark's Thinking with Demons: The Idea of
Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (Oxford Univ. Press; 1997) pp. 455f. Vallick’s practical and pastoral approach
to these matters, which greatly irritated Wier, reflects the influence of Erasmianism in Cleves even among the lower
clergy.
The third text included here, with its own title-page, is the German translation of one of the first works against
witchcraft beliefs, De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus by Ulrich Molitor (active 1470-1501) with the translator's
preface dated 1575. Molitor's work "Of Witches and Diviner Women" first appeared in 1489 when he was Doctor of
Laws at Padua and professor at the University of Constance. Presented the form of a dialogue Molitor includes
quotes from the Bible, Church Fathers, and poets. Omnipresent is Molitor's conviction in the power of the devil who
acts through the permission of God, to deceive mortals who are thereby culpable. Sigismund, the Archduke of
Austria, had requested the work to explain the realities of witchcraft within the region of Tyrol. Published just two
years after the infamous Malleus Maleficarum, the De Lamiis was meant to be an inexpensive publication that
addressed Sigismund's concerns regarding witchcraft and appeal to a more general public. Illustrated editions of this
witchcraft manual made it a best seller and more frequently printed than the Malleus between 1489 and 1669.
10Among other things he explained Merlin as a real human being and not, as many authorities commonly believed, the
offspring of a devil and a woman.
§ VD 16, D 80; Rosenthal, Bibl. Magica et Pneumatica no. 4171; BM/STC German, p. 235; Cornell Witchcraft
Collection p. 136.
THE FIRST BOOK ON CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY WITH WIEGLEB'S TEXT ON DYES AND COLORS
17. DEMACHY, Jacques-François; HAHNEMANN, Samuel; WIEGLIB, Johann Christian. Laborant im Grossen
oder Kunst die chemischen Produkte fabrikmäßig zu verfertigen... Mit Herrn Doktor Struve's Anmerkungen und
einem Anhange einiger Abhandlungen Herrn Apotheker Wieglebs. ... Aus dem Französischen übersetzt und mit
Zusätzen versehen von Samuel Hahnemann. Leipzig: S. L. Crusius, 1784. 8vo, 2 volumes, divided in 4 parts, bound
together. [16], 302 pp.; XX, 396 pp. 8 folding engraved plates of laboratory equipment.
Contemporary tiny, round armorial stamp on verso of title-pages; usual foxing and light toning
found in German paper of this period. Contemporary calf with gilt spine and spine labels.
$2250
FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT GERMAN TRANSLATION of these French
texts on distillation by Jacques-François Demachy which has been greatly enlarged by the
translator, Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), the founder of Homeopathy. Hahnemann used the
Neuchatel 1780 French edition which had additions by Henri Struve (1751-1826). Hahnemann
supplied large additions and an appendix by Johann Christian Wiegleb (1732-1800)" (Cole).
The folding engraved plates depict various types of furnaces and chemistry apparatus. "The
plates reproduce some of the figures from the French 1773 edition and add a few new ones."
(Cole)
"The 1st German edition of Demarchy's (1728-1803) laboratory handbook, mostly on
distillation, which is considered to be the first book on chemical technology. Its interest for us is
the addition to this German edition of a fourth part by another author, Johann Wiebleb, on dyes,
colors, and starches." (Bibl. Tinctoria)
Jacques-François Demachy, "pharmacist at the Hotel-Dieu, then Chief Apothecary in the
Military Hospital at St. Denis, was a pupil of Rouelle, and besides translating Pott's,
Spielmann's, Marggraf's and Juncker's books from Latin and Germ,an, published a number of
works on technical and pharmaceutical chemistry" (Partington).
§ Cole, Chemical literature, 1700-1860, no. 362; Ferchl p. 120; Partington III pp, 99-100 &
587 (Hahnemann); Ron, Bibliotheca Tinctoria, no. 0311; cf. Ferguson I, p. 204; Not in Neville
collection.
THREE RARE ALCHEMICAL COMPILATIONS EACH IS "OF NOTORIOUS RARITY" (Neville)
18. DOLHOPFF, Georg Andreas (publisher). Lapis animalis microcosmicus. Oder, die höchste Artzney, aus der
kleinen Welt des menschlichen Leibs. Sampt einem Tractätlein vom Urin oder Harn des Menschen. Strassburg: In
Verlegung Georg Andreas Dolhopffen, 1681. 8vo, [16], 80 pp. Usual light browning found in German paper of this
period. Contemporary vellum with original linen ties present. BOUND WITH: DOLHOPFF, G.A. Lapis mineralis
oder die höchste Artzney, auß denen Metallen und Mineralien, absonderlich dem Vitriolo. Strassburg; Dolhopff,
1681. [12], 116 pp. BOUND WITH: DOLHOPFF, G.A. Lapis vegetabilis, oder die höchste Artzney, auß dem
Wein, auch andern Erden-Gewächsen. Sambt dem zehenden Buch der Archidoxen Philippi Theophrasti Paracelsi.
Strassburg; Dolhopff, 1681.[4], 92 pp.
FIRST EDITIONS (and probably only) of all three compilations of alchemical, pharmacological and medical
tracts composed by the Strassburg printer and publisher Georg Andreas Dolhopff, all of which "are of notorious
rarity" (Neville). Complete sets of all three publications are especially unusual with the Neville copy being one of
the few exceptions. Most collection catalogues have, if any, only single volumes or at most two; e.g. NLM
(Krivatsy), Duveen, Neu, Wellcome, Ferguson, Bolton, etc.
$6500
I. The first work deals chiefly with observations on animal products, in particularly urine, and the salts
obtainable from them. "Ferguson (I, 219) lists the names of the alchemical and iatrochemical authors from whose
works excerpts were made. At the end of the preface, Dolhopff asks his readers to bring to his attention other
hitherto unpublished chemical tracts, as he had in mind to publish a seventh volume of Zetzer's Theatrum Chemicum
(1659-61). Dolhoff was evidently unaware of the existence of the Ginaeceum Chimicum (Lyons, 1679), ... The
works of Dolhopff are of notorious rarity, and this author is not mentioned by Partington. Not in Bolton, Edelstein,
Ferguson Coll., Wellcome, etc." (Neville).
11Contains excerpts from the works of Arnoldus de Villanova (-1311), Basilius Valentinus, Pierre Jean Fabre (ca.
1650), Thomas Kessler (active 1616-1630), Konrad Khunrath (1555-1614), Paracelsus (1493-1541), George Ripley
(-1490), Martin Schmuck (-1640), and others.
II."Observations on the preparation of salts from minerals and metals are contained in this tract of great chemical
interest. It also discusses the transmutation of mercury and sulphur into silver and gold, by the agency of the
philosopher's stone. Not in Ferchl, Ferguson Coll., Krivasy, etc." (Neville).
Basilius Valentinus, Paracelsus, (1493-1541), Samuel Norton (1548-1604?), Johann Rhenanus (active 1610),
Rosenberger, Marcus Friderich, Jodocus Van Rehe, Isaac Hollandus.
III. "The third and final work of this Dolhopff trilogy, containing a summary of the Archidoxis of of Paracelsus.
That the three works that are here bound together were published separately is shown by Dohopff's preface in the
present volume, in which he mentions that the other two were published the previous February and May 1681. Not
in Ferchl, Ferguson, Ferguson Coll., Wellcome, etc." (Neville). Contains excerpts from Basilius Valentinus, Joseph
Du Chesne (ca. 1544-1609), Conrad Khunrath (1555-1614), Paracelsus (1493-1541) and others.
§ I.VD 17 1:000139P; Sudhoff, Paracelsus 412; Brüning 2474; Caillet 6102; Duveen 176; Krivatsy 3322; Neu
1196; Neville Historical Chemical Library I, pp. 376-377.
II. VD 17 1:000140L; Sudhoff, Paracelsus 413; Brüning 2475; Caillet 6103; Duveen 176; Neu 1197; Neville
Historical Chemical Library I, pp. 376-377; Wellcome, II, 477.
III. VD 17 1:000141S; Sudhoff, Paracelsus 414; Brüning 2476; Caillet 6104; & Krivatsy 3323; Schoene3
10985; Neville Historical Chemical Library I, pp. 376-377.
“AN IMPORTANT EARLY CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY” - Duveen
19. ERXLEBEN, Johann Christian Polykarp. Anfangsgründe der Chemie. Göttingen: J.C. Dieterich, 1775. 8vo, [32],
472, [52] pp. Fine copy. Contemporary calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, edges red (minor worm damage to a few
spots on leather) an attractive binding.
$1875
"FIRST EDITION of an important early contribution to the history of chemistry" (Duveen) which is "notable for
its bibliographical references" (Cole): A "pioneering text no longer oriented to pharmacy" (Hufbauer).
Johann Christian Polykarp Erxleben (1744-1777) was professor of philosophy and physics at Göttingen, were he
died at the early age of 33. He investigated fixed air, gold purple, and the red color of alum from Brunswick (due to
cobalt). "His text-book has a good bibliography, including alchemy. He discussed Black's and Meyer's theories in
detail, to the advantage of the former, and reefers to the increase in weight of some and perhaps all metals' on
calcination, attributing it to combination with fixed air " (Partington).
A very nice copy of a rare and important chemistry text.
§ Brüning 5160; Cole 415; Bolton 430; Partington III, 591; Ferchl 145; Poggendorff I, 679; Duveen 195; Neville
I, 426; Hufbauer, The Formation of the German Chemical Community (1720-1795), 28; not in Blake, Ferguson
(Young Collection) or Ferguson Collection, Morgan, Waller, Wellcome, etc.
PHARMACEUTICALS, HERBALS, DIETETICS /
SAMMELBAND OF 3 WORKS LYON & STRASSBURG 1533-34 / FINE BINDING
20. GIACHINI, Leonardo; PAOLI, Pier Francesco. Novae Academiae Florentinae opuscula adversus Avicennam et
medicos neotericos, qui Galeni disciplina neglecta, barbaros colunt. Lyon: Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1534. 8vo, 132
pp. [2] leaves (penultimate leaf blank). Woodcut printer's device on title and last leaf verso. Repair to title where
early owner's stamp had been excised with some minor loss of text on verso. Contemporary owner's inscription
dated ("Antonii ... Brugnarii 1534") on title-page. Contemporary blind tooled calf (with an
expert, almost invisible, rebacking with the original spine laid over) with vellum finger
tabs.
BOUND WITH
II. CHAMPIER, Symphorien. Cribratio medicamentorum fere omnium, in sex digesta
libros. His accesserunt Quaestio aurea de exhibitione medicinarum venenosarum. De
mistorum generatione, de concretis, et abstractis. Apologia in Academiam novam
Hetruscorum. Lyon; Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1534. 149 pp., [5] leaves (penultimate leaf
blank). Woodcut printer's device on title and last leaf verso. Woodcut arms on pages 102
(2), 117, 118 (2), 146 (2 leaves with 2 woodcuts as noted). Clean tear repair in leaf C2
without loss.
BOUND WITH
III. HESSUS, Helius Eobanus; FIERA, Battista. Bonae valetudinis conservandae
praecepta ad magnificum D. Georgium Strutiaden... Medicinae laus ad Martinum Hunum.
Coena Baptistae Fierae de herbarum virtutibus, & ea medicae artis parte, quae in victus
ratione consistit. Strassburg; H. Sybold, 1530. [126] pp. with last blank leaf. Uncut copy.
12$2500
I. Second edition of this scarce medical text, on botanical and pharmaceutical terminology, by “Galenic
physicians” which first appeared in 1533 at Venice. The work contains three essays opposing Arab medicine,
especially Avicenna's works, which is edited and with a contribution by the Florentine physician, Lionardo Giachini
(1501-1547), who was also a humanist scholar of the Renaissance. "Denigration of Avicenna was the central theme
of a collection of treatises published in 1533 under the title Little Works of the New Florentine Academy and against
the Neoteric Physicians Who, Neglecting the Discipline of Galen, Cultivate the Barbarians. [this work]. The author
of the first of these treatises, a dialogue entitled Barbaromastix, was apparently Bassiano Landi, ... Under the cloak
of anonymity, the young Landi expressed the hope that 'whole volumes about Avicenna's errors will issue from our
Academy.' ... In this dialogue specific criticism of Avicenna largely focuses on errors and confusions in botanical
and pharmacological terminology and is placed in the context of a plea for the direct study of plants in nature as well
as of ancient authorities. Pietro Francesco Paolo and Leonardo Giacchini, the authors of the other two treatises,
described themselves as 'Galenic physicians' and practiced in Florence and Pisa, respectively. Paolo's treatise refutes
as erroneous Avicenna's teaching regarding the administration of therapeutic phlebotomy, and Giachini's criticizes
the pharmacology of Avicenna and Mesue." (Nancy G. Siraisi, Avicenna in Renaissance Italy: The Canon and
Medical Teaching in Italian, pp. 69-70). Note the short essay "Galfredus Apologia" in the following volume is an
attack on the authors of the present work (Durling).
II. FIRST EDITION. The Cribratio [sifting or selecting] of drugs derived from
botanicals, animals, and various other sources in six parts. The first part deals with
medicines known to the ancients; part two: botanicals India, Arabia and Africa (ambergris
from the sperm whale p. 37. tamarind, cinnamon, etc.), Monarda. The fourth part is on the
treatment of poisoning, etc. This rare volume is by the famous Lyonnais physician and
author, Symphorien Champier (1472 - 1539), who was one of the first Hellenistic
physicians to fight against the Arab influence in science and medicine; e.g. in his many
treatises on botany and therapy he would advocate plants from his home region in
preference to exotic imported drugs. The following short text by Antonius Galfredus of
Condrieu, "Galfredus Apologia (pages 103-110) is an attack on the work entitled Novae
Academiae Florentinae opuscula adversus Avicennam & medicos neotericos, first
published in Venice in 1533" (Durling). [see previous work in volume]. A catalog of the
works of Galen compiled by Jean Baptiste Bruyerin (fl. 1530-1560) in "Catalogus
librorum Galeni ... & quo hi sint oridine legendi, a Joanne Campegio ..." (pages 111-
115), and "Medulla totius philosphiae naturalis, ac medicinae" [i.e. the treatise De
mistorum generatione mentioned on the title page] (pages 117-146). These last few texts
are decorated by the printer with several pages of lovely woodcut coats of arms. The final
work before the index is a two page poem address to Symphorianus by Jacobi Lamberti of
Lyon "ad dominum Symphorianum Campegium carmen"
Champier had earned his medical degree at Montpellier (1505) and practiced medicine
in Lyon where he was a major figure that cities’ Renaissance. He was a true Renaissance
scholar, and prolific author, whose interests, and writings, covered numerous other fields
in addition to medicine. He worked in Lyon alongside François Rabelais (who wrote satirically of him in Gargantua
and Pantagruel). He was frequently involved in scholarly controversies such as one with the German botanist and
physician, Leonhard Fuchs, in which he was defended by none other than Michael Servetus, who was a close friend.
Thorndike devotes a chapter (vol. V, chap. VII; pp. 111-126) to his writings.
III. FIRST ENLARGED EDITION of Eobanus Hessus' influential work, Bonae valetudinis, on diet and health
composed in verse which first appeared at Erfurt in 1524. It has been greatly expanded here with the addition of
dietetic and botanical texts in praise of the medical and pharmaceutical arts, including much information pertinent to
the field of gastronomy. Including the Coena de herbarum virtutibus by the Mantuan physician and poet Battista
Fiera (1450-1540) which presents descriptions of herbs, spices, and foods with their use in a healthy diet. This is
possibly its first appearance since Pritzel's Thesaurus Literaturae Botanicae (no. 2895) only mentions an undated
Strassburg edition with the imprint "apud Aegenopthum" and a 17th century edition.
The additional texts include the Chorus nobilium medicorum in musaeo Sturtiano on leaves C6-7 and
Terpsicohore quinta.. All of the contents appear in verse form except for the last two works: Polybus De salubri
victus ratione (from the Hippocratic corpus), edited and translated by the noted German humanist Johann Guinterius
(Guenther:1505-1574); and the, Ad stirpium genus, & oleracea pertinent, which consists of selections from
Aristotle's Problemata dealing with fruits and vegetables. Later editions of this work are included in many
gastronomy bibliographies for their detailed information on food and drink.
13Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488-1540), an eminent German humanist as well as friend and correspondent of
Erasmus, lectured on classics at the University of Erfurt (see - Contemporaries of Erasmus I, p. 435).
Fine completely uncut copy resulting from having been printed on a slightly smaller stock of paper than the
previous two works. Bound in a fine blind tooled calf binding.
§ I. Durling 25; Wellcome I, 4585; Baudrier, VIII, 79; BM/STC French p. 1.
II. IA 135.522; Durling 932; Baudrier VIII, 75; Ferchl p. 91.
III. VD 16, E 1461; IA 161.096; Muller 325, 15; cf. Pritzel 2895 (Battista Fiera); Ferchl p. 154 (Fiera; Coena de
herbarum); not in Durling.
FIVE RARE WORKS ON WITCHES, DEMONS. GHOSTS & A FLOOD
21. HILSCHER, Paul Christian. Curiöse Gedancken von wütenden Heere. Aus dem Lateinischen ins Teutsche
übersetzet von M.M. Dresden & Leipzig: Johann Christoph Mieth, 1702. 8vo, 72 pp. With woodcut monogram with
crown on title-page. Mid 20th century half calf.
BOUND WITH
II. KIRCHMAIER, Theodor. Curiöser Tractat von der Wünschel-Ruthe. Aus dem Latein. von M. M. Dresden &
Leipzig; J.C. Mieth, 1702. 67 pp. With printer's woodcut monogram on title-page.
BOUND WITH
III. PETERMANN, Andreas. Curiose Gedancken von Alpe. Aus dem Latein. von M. M. Dresden & Leipzig; J.C.
Mieth, 1701. 72 pp. With printer's woodcut monogram on title-page.
BOUND WITH
IV. LOSSIUS, Jeremias. Curiose Gedancken von Alpe. Aus dem Latein. von M. M. Dresden & Leipzig; J.C. Mieth,
1701. 38 pp.
BOUND WITH
V. GOETZE, Georg. Curiöse historische Relation, von der Thüringischen Sündfluth. Aus dem Latein. von M. M.
Dresden & Leipzig; J.C. Mieth, 1701. 76 pp. With printer's woodcut monogram on title-page.
$1250
Sammelband of five works on mystical topics dealing with the devil, nightmares, incubus (2), significance of
floods, magical divining for finding metals, all translated from the original Latin into German by M[agister J. G.]
M[eister] who is just identified by the initials "M.M." in the title and published at Dresden and Leipzig by J.C.
Mieth.
I. FIRST GERMAN translation of "De exercitu furioso" ("The angry army") dealing with magic the appearance
of the devil, witches, incubus, exorcism, about sightings of ghosts as dealt with in Germanic folklore. The author
was the German Lutheran theologian and writer, Paul Christian Hilscher (1666-1730).
II. FIRST GERMAN translation of this treatise on the use of the diving rod in finding metals with the later part
dealing with possible magic principles involved by the German Lutheran theologian and writer Theodor Kirchmaier
(1645-1715).
III. FIRST GERMAN translation of this treatise on incubus and nightmares. The latter half of the work deals
with various pharmaceutical recipes that could be of possible use these afflictions. The author, Andreas Petermann,
1649-1703, was a Danish born physician practicing in Torgau and served as professor of medicine at the University
of Leipzig. He had studied medicine and theology at Halle, Leipzig and Gera.
IV. FIRST GERMAN translation on the same subject of incubus by Jeremias Lossius (1643–1684) who was
professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Wittenberg
The work appears to rather scarce with the OCLC locating only a copy in Hungary (none in America) but the
KVK locates several copies in German libraries.
V. FIRST GERMAN translation of this treatise on the historical relation and meaning from floods in parts of
Germany. The work provides extensive historical detail to the effects of floods in the year 1612 had in Thuringia. He
had apparently searched extensive through town and hospital records of the period in providing his details.
§ I. VD18 11414162-004; Rosenthal, Bibliotheca Magica et Pneumatica, no. 1871; Graesse, Bibliotheca Magica
et Pneumatica p. 22.
II. VD18 11533951-003; Klinckowstroem 61
III. VD18 1157237X; Blake, NLM, 345; Rosenthal, BMP, 1901; cf. Ferchl p. 405
IV. VD18 11550317; Rosenthal, BMP, 1893.
V. VD18 11500409-003; Rosenthal, BMP, 4870.
KECKERMANN'S 'SYSTEMA' METHOD OF EDUCATION
22. KECKERMANN, Bartholomaeus. Systema ethicae, tribus libris adornatum & publicis praelectionibus traditum
in Gymnasio Dantiscano. Hanau: W. Antonius, 1607. 8vo, [8], 400 pp. Woodcut printer's device on title-page.
Minor paper flaw in leaf A2 affecting a few letters. Contemporary vellum (spine covered in paper).
$975
14FIRST EDITION of this influential work on the author's analytical system used here for the study of ethics based
on his writings and public lectures at the Gymnasium at Danzig. It would be reprinted in London in the same year.
Bartholomäus Keckermann (c. 1572 – 1608) was a German astronomer, mathematician and philosopher who had
taught at the University of Heidelberg and in 1601 became professor of philosophy at the highly regarded
Gymnasium Athenaeum in Danzig (Gdaήsk). "At the Danzig Gymnasium, Keckermann tried to implement a Ramist
reform of the curriculum with a scheme intended to give youths an encyclopedic education within three years. In this
new cursus philosophicus the first year was devoted to logic and physics, the second year to mathematics and
metaphysics, and the third to ethics, economics, and politics. The key to this syllabus was Keckermann's systematic
method, which was influenced by the view of Petrus Ramus that the correct approach to a discipline is topical and
analytical, rather than merely historical or narrative. ... In his lectures at Danzig, he made abundant use of his
systematic method. In its published form the typical lecture course is entitled Systema ... Among the published
systeme are are treatments of logic, politics, physics, metaphysics, ethics [see above], theology, Hebrew, ...[etc.]"
(DSB, VII, p. 269).
The work is rare with the OCLC appears to only locate microfilm copies in American libraries of this text.
§ VD 17 3:315443K (only 2 copies: Halle & Dresden).
ALCHEMY - PHARMACEUTICALS
23. KIRCHWEGER, Anton Joseph. Microscopium Basilii Valentini, sive commentariolum et cribrellum über den
großen Kreuzapfel der Welt. Berlin: No printer, 1790. 8vo, 172 pp., with last 2 blank leaves. Fine uncut and
unopened copy. Modern cloth backed early wrappers.
$1350
FIRST EDITION (and only). "A curious work, which attempts to apply the philosophical principles of Basil
Valentine to pharmaceutical chemistry. In four chapters Kirchweger (d. 1746) discusses the ores of antimony, the
element itself, and its compounds. Alchemical symbolism is extensively used throughout. According to Ferguson the
author was a doctor of medicine at Gmunden, in UpperAustria. Rare. Not in Caillet, Ferchl, Guiata, Partington,
Poggendorff, Waite, Waller. Watt, etc." (Neville Collection II, 726-27).
Kirchweger, in this collection of pharmaceutical and alchemical studies, wants to prove that preparations of
antimony (whose knowledge he owes to Basilius Valentinus) can create a panacea. In this respect, Kirchweger was
still very much influenced by the ideas of the Rosecrucians. Goethe was himself influenced by these writings during
his own early period of alchemical experimentation. The author also wrote several other works in the fields of
chemistry and alchemy.
§ Bolton 996; Ferguson I, 470 (not in Youg Coll.); Ferguson Coll., 372; Duveen 323; Blake 243; Neu 2159;
Rosenthal 489; Wellcome III, 397.
NEO-LATIN POETRY COLLECTION DEDICATED TO THE GREAT FRENCH BIBLIOPHILE,
JEAN II BRINON
24. LE DUCHAT, Louis François. Praeludiorum lib. III. Ad virum illustriß. Janum Brinonem regium in suprema
Parisiensi curia senatorem. Paris: Benedictus Prévost, 1554. 8vo, 63, [1] leaves. Large woodcut initials and
headpieces, royal privilege and errata on last leaf. Preface in Roman with text in Italic type. Faint damp mark on a
few leaves and tan spot along top margins; contemporary inscription on title and modern inscription on front flyleaf.
18th century vellum.
$1250
FIRST EDITION of this rare collection of neo-Latin poetry by the French poet, Louis-
François Le Duchat, who was born in Troyes in 1536 and would be active up into the late 16th
century (ca. 1590s). His published works also included dramas and translations. The present
volume is the author's most important collection of Latin poetry and includes elegies, love
poems and epigrams. The preface is by Pierre-Guillaume Elégon, principal of college de
Cornounille (of the old university of Paris). Prévost appears to have shared the edition with
another Parisian publisher, Jean Caveiller, whose imprint is often found in this work. The work
is dedicated to the French parliamentarian, scholar and bibliophile, Jean II Brinon (1520 -
1555), who was an active and generous patron of many of the most important Parisian writers
and artists of the period.
Many of the poems appear with dedications to other French humanists and poets such as
Jean-Antoine de Baif and Antonio Muret. While love, romance and sex are frequent topics for
his poems Jean Braybrook notes this volume also includes several poems that are epic in
nature. "The French poets also like stories in which nymphs become flowing water. They
use them to point to the origin of rivers or springs. Le Duchat’s ‘satyrus’, in Praeludiorum
Liber I (1554), recounts a triple transformation. Most interesting are the poems
celebrating a spring in the territory of Jean Brinon, around which the Pleiade often
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