Binding: old vellum over pasteboard. Spine title tooled in gold: Theophrast. Paracels. / Opera / tom. I (... II). Back strip of v. 1 detached

Library's copy has 2 inscriptions in ink on t.p.'s of both vols.: T.R. Prater / F.T.S. 1905; and: G.O. Kiger 1840 (v. 2 has: Jan. 1840)

The 1st 2 vols. of Zetzner's 3-vol. ed. of Paracelsus, the 3rd being the Chirurgische Bücher of 1618. First issued in 1603 and based on Huser's 10-vol. ed. of 1589-1591. Cf. Hogart

T.p. (v. 1) in red and black within ornamental woodcut border, incorporating a port. of Paracelsus at the top, publisher's device at bottom with motto "Scientia immvtabilis," the initials "C M / L + F" on bellows at lower right. Publisher's device on t.p., v. 2

Section XXIII of v. 2, the Archidoxa, includes woodcut magical diagrams within circles, squares and triangles, and 2 pictorial series. The first consists of 30 woodcuts with representations of the Pope and the running title: Ausslegung der magischen Figuren im Carthäuser Kloster zu Nürnberg. The second consists of 31 woodcuts on various subjects with the running title: Figvrae magicae Theophr

Includes index

Hogart, C. Alchemy

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