‎Printing‎

‎Wirtschaftliches Arbeiten mit der Falz-Maschine. Maschinenfabrik Gebrüder Brehmer, Leipzig-Plagwitz.‎

‎Leipzig, Brehmer, (1926). 31 S. u. Beilage mit Falz-Schemata Originalbroschur mit Tasche für Beilage. Tit. etwas braunfl.‎

‎Mit der Brehmer'schen Falzmaschine ließen sich für Buchbindereien erhebliche Kostensenkungen erreichen.‎

Bookseller reference : 174805

‎Wörterbuch d. Reprographie. Deutsch - engl.- chinesisch. 6. Aufl.‎

‎München, Saur, 1987. 247 S.‎

Bookseller reference : 608547

‎Zapiski otdela rukopisej. Red. V.N. Lazarev.‎

‎Moskva, 1960. 4°. M. Il., 120 Taf. 476 S. Hlwd.‎

Bookseller reference : 821052

‎Zur Geschichte d. Kupferstichs u. d. Lithographie.‎

‎Leipzig, Vlg. d. Dt. Vereins f. Buchw. 1931. 4°. M. zahlr. Abb. 52, 19 S. (Buch u. Schrift. Jb. d. Dt. Vereins f. Buchw. u. Schrifttum. Jg. 5).‎

‎Enth.: Schubert, Kupferstich u. Tibetanistik ? Wagner, C.M.v. Weber u. d. Lithographie ? Odermann, Vergil u. d. Kupferstich ? Schulze, Die Lithographie in Leipzig ? Bockwitz, Meister d. Kupferstichs im 18. Jh. u. ihre Techniken ? Schmidt, Der Ursprung unserer Alphabetfolge (Glosse) ? Sonderbeil.: 50 Zelthefte (S.A.a: Das Zelt Jg.5/2).‎

Bookseller reference : 608322

‎"JUSTINUS. - JUSTIN MARTYR of CAESAREA. - FROBEN PRINTING.‎

‎Operum, quae extant, omnium per Ioannem Langum Silesium, è Graeco in Latinum sermonem versorum, & Sententijs priscorum sanctorum Patrum illustratorum. Tomi III. Quorum primo continentur: Oratio ad Grecos Gentiles. Ad senatum Romanum Christianorum defe...‎

‎Basel, Per Ambrosium et Aurelium, Frobenios Fratres, (1565, March, -on colophon). Folio. One cont. full vellum w. six raised bands on back. The boards have perhaps been covered with vellum a bit later. A few wormholes to upper and lower part of back. Inner hinges a bit weak, but binding sound. Some leaves brownspotted, but overall internally nice. Cont. inscription in ink on top of t-p. (""Domus Casa Professore Romana Socieded Jesu""). Woodcut printer's device on t-p. Woodcut initials, three of which are large (4,9 x 4,9 cm). 348, 279, 190, (2), (66, -Index) pp.‎

‎The rare first Langi/ Langum-edition and third Latin edition of the Opera of Justin. The first edition of the Opera in the original Greek appeared in 1551 (Paris, Stephanus). The first Latin edition appeared in 1554 (Basel Dupuys), the second (the Galen-edition) in 1555 (Basel, Hier. Froben & Nic. Episcopius) and the third (the Langi-edition) in 1565. This is probably the best of the Latin editions, and the Latin version of the Opera by Jo. Langi was also used for the standard Greek-Latin parallel editions of 1593 and 1615. Justin the Martyr (100 - 165 AD) was a Christian philosopher, who was brought up a pagan. He is primarily known for his dailogues and his apologies, all of which are present here. The apologies constitute the earliest Christian ones of some length. He died a martyr in Rome after having been condemned a Christian by Q. Junius Rusticus. As a philosopher he dealt with Stocism, Aristotelianism and Pythagoreanism before he meant to have found the truth in Platonism. Philosophically he is most interesting in his attempt to unite Christianity with philosophy (i.e. Platonism), as Boethius did a few centuries later, and Justin actually anticipates the philosophy of history of Origin (ca. 185 - ca. 255) and Eusebius (ca. 260 - 340). He is very interesting when viewed as a thinker, who represents the union of philosophy and thought with the new religious attraction in the Eastern part of the Empire under Antonius Pius, i.e. Christianity.Graesse III:515, Adams J:497, not in Brunet.‎

Bookseller reference : 31640

‎'Witness' Steam Printing House‎

‎A Brief Account of the Fenian Raids on the Missisquoi Frontier in 1866 and 1870‎

‎Hardback. New. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A9781016774475 ISBN : 1016774478 9781016774475

‎'Witness' Steam Printing House‎

‎A Brief Account of the Fenian Raids on the Missisquoi Frontier in 1866 and 1870‎

‎Paperback / softback. New. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : B9781016779852 ISBN : 1016779852 9781016779852

‎( CATALOGUE COMMERCIAL )‎

‎MANUFACTURES DES ENCRES ET CIRES A CACHETER DE LA VILLE DE PARIS. JULES MIETTE‎

‎Tours Imprimerie Tourangelle / Jules Miette (sans date, vers 1900) 0 in 4 (31,5x22,5) 1 volume broché, couverture imprimée en chromolithographie, 20 pages, avec de nombreuses reproductions en chromolithographie de produits de la manufacture, avec de nombreux rehauts dedoré. Superbe catalogue publicitaire de la manufacture des encres et cires à cacheter de la Ville de Paris, jules Miette. Rare. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )‎

‎Très bon Broché‎

Bookseller reference : 45516

‎( Imprimerie de H. Balzac) - ROMIEU Auguste (1800 - 1855).‎

‎Proverbes romantiques, par A. Romieu.‎

‎1827 Paris, Ladvocat, 1827 ( Imprimerie de H. Balzac, rue des Marais …N. 17), ; in-8 de (4) pp. (faux-titre et titre) - IV pp.(avertissement) - 278 pp- (1) p. ( table). demi-chagrin lissé vert foncé, dos lisse orné de jeux de filets dorés cernant des filets gras à froid, petite roulette en tête et queue, armoiries dorées poussées au 1er plat, couverture conservée. Reliure aux armes de C. de Mandre avec son ex-libris armorié à l' intérieur du 1er plat. On a ajouté postérieurement deux ex-libris illustrés. Edition originale sortie des presses de Balzac.( cf. Vicaire T.VI).‎

‎Directeur général des Beaux-arts, Auguste Romieu donna également des pièces de théâtre en collaboration. Dans sa préface Romieu se plaint de la censure contre les écrivains. On a relié dans l'exemplaire deux lettres autographes signées de Romieu, sans date à Mon cher Monsieur au sujet de l'envoi d'une lettre ( 1 page in-8°), et du 15 juin 1852, à l'entête de la Direction des Beaux-arts à " Ma chère Rosalie", au sujet de l'envoi de sa biographie (1 page 1/2 in-8). Quelques rousseurs surtout en début et fin, auréole de mouillure très pâle aux derniers feuillets. ( Reu-Bur)‎

Bookseller reference : 11986

‎( TYPOGRAPHIE )‎

‎TYPORUM CONSPECTUS MCMLVII. Spécimen de caractères préparé par John Dreyfus pour sa conférence les tendances de la création artistique des caractères typographiques au neuvième Congrès International des Industries Graphiques 5 juin 1957‎

‎Lausanne 1957 in 8 (21,5x12) 1 volume broché, couverture imprimée en rouge, 141 pages [1]. Specimen of types assembled by John Dreyfus for his paper on trends in type design at the Ninth International Congress of Master Printers, 5 June 1957. Manuaires; Humanes; Garaldes; Didones; Réales; Incises; Linéales; Mécanes; Scriptes; index. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )‎

‎Très bon‎

Bookseller reference : 23836

‎(Almanach). -‎

‎Nouvelles Etrennes Fribourgeoises - 22ème année - 1888.‎

‎Fribourg, Fragnière, 1888, in-8°, LXXIX (79 p.) + 127 p. + 24 p. de pub., brochure originale. Parfait état.‎

‎Contient entre autres: “Jules Repond: Ascension de la Jungfrau le 6 aout 1886. - Nos stations alpestres et balénaires (avec vue ‘Les bains de Bonn, Ct. Fribourg) - Jules Repond: La catastrophe de la Jungfrau - Des langues parlées dans le canton de Fribourg”, par Ch. Knapp. / L'imprimerie à Fribonrg (sic !) par Bapt. Gottrau, typographe !!. / Exposition de paille tressée et de vannerie. / La catastrophe de Zoug avec 2 vues: Zoug avant (et après) la catastrophe. / Portrait de Anth. Raemy.‎

Bookseller reference : 3593aaf

‎(ANNUAIRE) - EDITION.‎

‎Agenda des éditeurs, imprimeurs, papetiers, relieurs-brocheurs, libraires et des industries connexes. 1932.‎

‎1932 Paris, Brodard et Taupin, (1932) ; fort volume in-8°, pleine percaline vert tendre illustrée de médaillons à froid, titre et date doré sur fond orange au 1er plat et dos; 602pp. + feuillets d'annonces et feuillets de l'agenda non chiffrés (environ 300 pp.). Illustré dans le texte de photographies et hors texte de publicités en couleurs et d'un grand plan dépliant de Paris en noir.‎

‎Bon exemplaire. (S1)‎

Bookseller reference : 10071

‎(Author), US. Gov. Printing Office (Editor) United States Government Printing Office U. S.‎

‎The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society: a report.‎

‎US: Superintendent of Documents edition January; &#34 1967. Superintendent of Documents edition January; &#34 1967 Very Good/ Light wear to bright blue and white cover tight bright photo illustrated pages. 6xii3402 pages with index. LARGE OVER SIZE HEAVY ITEM. 2 LBS. Paperback. Very Good. No Exp. Superintendent of Documents edition January; ?&#34 Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 360813

‎(BURCKHARD, Abel):‎

‎Neujahrs-Blatt für Basels Jugend Hrsg. von der Gesellschaft zu Beförderung des Guten und Gemeinnützigen.‎

‎Basel, Wilhelm Haas, 1840, in-4to, Frontispiz lithogr. (Froben & Erasmus) (J. Pack lithogr. nach H. Hess del.) (Lithogr. Hasler & Cie) + 26 S., illustrierte Original-Broschüre.‎

‎Inhalt: (BURCKHARD, Abel): Die ersten Buchdrucker in Basel (Bernhard Richel 1474 Sachsenspiegel / & Michael Wensler 1475) - Magister Johann Amerbach - Johann Froben - Johann Oporin - u.a. Barth 28457. Image disp.‎

Bookseller reference : 120816aaf

‎(Cadiz), Imprenta Tormentaria‎

‎Tratado De Tactica Para La Infanteria Ligera. Spanish Edition‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1020452757.G ISBN : 1020452757 9781020452758

‎(Collectif)‎

‎CASTERMAN : DEUX CENTS ANS d'EDITION et d'IMPRIMERIE‎

‎Un ouvrage de 110 pages, format 210 x 280 mm, illustré, broché couverture rempliée, publié en 1980, Casterman, bon état‎

‎Histoire de 200 ans d'édition (1780-1980) chez Casterman‎

Bookseller reference : LFA0070a

‎(Collectif)‎

‎IMPRIMEURS et ECRIVAINS LYONNAIS au XVIe SIECLE‎

‎Une plaquette de 28 pages, format 145 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1981, Musée de l'Imprimerie et de la Banque, bon état‎

‎Editée lors d'une exposition organisée au Musée de l'Imprimerie et de la Banque de Lyon (septembre-octobre 1981)‎

Bookseller reference : LFA-126718588

‎(Color Printing) Franklin, Colin and Charlotte‎

‎A Catalogue of Early Colour Printing: From Chiaroscuro to Aquatint‎

‎Home Farm Culham Oxford: Colin & Charlotte Franklin 1977. 16 color plates. 8 72pp. Printeds in Great Britain by the John Roberts Press Limited Clerkenwell Green London. Publisher's blue cloth. Fine. 16 color plates. 8 72pp. Printeds in Great Britain by the John Roberts Press Limited Clerkenwell Green London. Inscribed by Colin Franklin to Gordon Ray on the half-title. <br/><br/> Colin & Charlotte Franklin hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 322403

‎(COLOR PRINTING, 18TH CENTURY). FLORIAN, JEAN-PIERRE CLARIS DE‎

‎GALATÉE ROMAN PASTORAL; IMITÉ DE CERVANTES . . . ÉDITION ORNÉE DE FIGURES EN COULEURS D'APRÈS LES DESSINS DE M. MONSIAU‎

‎Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve 1793. First Edition with these Illustrations. 350 x 262 mm. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4". 125 pp. <br/> VERY PRETTY 19TH CENTURY CRIMSON MOROCCO ELEGANTLY GILT covers framed with floral tools raised bands spine panels filled with rows of flower-and-lozenge roll gilt lettering gilt turn-ins top edges gilt. FOUR FINE STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES by Colibert and Cazenave after Monsiau PRINTED IN COLORS. A Large Paper Copy. Cohen-de Ricci 400; Furstenberg 122; Lewine p. 188; Maggs 1930 Catalogue of French Illustrated Books 84; Ray p. 145. Occasional minor foxing the margins of one plate foxed a bit more otherwise a fine copy clean and fresh internally with immense margins the plates with pleasing colors and the unworn binding bright with gilt.<br/> <br/> This is an especially tall copy of Florian's pastoral romance in imitation of Cervantes one of the grander French books to be printed in colors when the vogue for such productions took hold during the last years of the 18th century. Ours is one of six such books all printed after 1786 that Ray singles out for praise as "handsome and imposing volumes." A noted painter of both classical and modern subjects Monsiau 1754-1837 was also an illustrator whose "abundant and interesting work in this line" is underrated even though it has the merits of being simple natural lively and piquant. Ray Monsiau's obscurity says Ray may be owing to the fact that he most often worked as a secondary collaborator on major illustrated works; the present book is one of the few he did on his own and it is among his best. Publisher Defer de Maisonneuve did not originate the technique of stipple engraving on copper plates but he did perfect the process which allowed for gradual tonal changes in hues and intensities of color rather than the "stained glass" effect of separately printed patches of color. Given the turmoil of the period when this book was published it is quite likely that it did not have an especially decorative original binding and may have remained in publisher's boards as was often the case. Happily a later owner supplied a period-appropriate binding here that matches the opulence of the contents. While our copy has the engraver's name just visible beneath the plates perhaps disqualifying them as the "avant la lettre" versions used in the Large Paper Copies per Cohen-de Ricci the size of the margins here and the quality of the paper certainly argue for that designation. Defer de Maisonneuve unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST20474

‎(COLOR PRINTING)‎

‎PICTURES AND SONGS FOR THE LITTLE ONES AT HOME‎

‎COLOR PRINTING PICTURES AND SONGS FOR THE LITTLE ONES AT HOME. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1865. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. 16 leaves printed on one side only with 15 color plates. First edition. This is a very nice example of color printing by Thomas Nelson who used a transfer lithography method very similar to Baxter's color printing technique In it Nelson transferred the images from steel engravings as opposed to Baxte taking his images from wood blocks. Then Nelson used oil based colors to pri the image as did Baxter producing very bright and vivid colors. The color images in this book are quite small 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches and are pasted on pages all printed in brown ink with gold borders and vignettes that surround the color plates. Some sporadic foxing and slight cover discoloration but a good example of a seldom seen Victorian method of color printing. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 35708

‎(COLOR PRINTING, EARLY). (COSTUMES). LE VACHER DE CHARNOIS, JEAN CHARLES‎

‎RECHERCHES SUR LES COSTUMES ET SUR LES THÉATRES DE TOUTES LES NATIONS TANT ANCIENNES QUE MODERNES‎

‎Paris: Drouhin 1790. FIRST EDITION. 265 x 205 mm. 10 3/8 x 8". Two volumes. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY MARBLED CALF GILT IN A NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN covers with a cresting palmette frame featuring ornate urn ornaments at corners flat spine divided into compartments by Greek key roll floral spray centerpieces one green and one black label marbled endpapers. With 55 PLATES OF COSTUMES designed by Philippe Chéry and engraved by Pierre-Michel Alix 50 of these PRINTED IN COLOR five in black and white a couple of these with color highlights applied by hand and with a color portrait of the author from the 1802 edition tipped in at front. Colas 717; Hiler p. 542; Lipperheide 3203; Cohen-de Ricci 227; Brunet IV 1135. One corner worn to board joints and extremities lightly rubbed but the bindings lustrous and generally very attractive. First volume slightly browned throughout second volume occasionally so volume II with two-inch marginal stain to upper gutter affecting four quires and six plates but not touching text or images two plates with pen marks in margins touching lettering but not image other trivial defects but still an excellent copy internally the colors especially clear and pleasing.<br/> <br/> This is an elegant production with the Neoclassical binding being the perfect complement to the color engravings of ancient Greek and Roman costumes that illustrate the present history of theatrical attire. In the two volumes here theater critic and historian Jean Charles Le Vacher de Charnois 1749-92 covers Classical tragedies and comedies as well as later interpretations of these dramas by playwrights including Racine. Le Vacher de Charnois intended a series of books encompassing as the title indicates theatrical costumes from all nations and from the ancient to the modern; however the French Revolution interrupted his scheme and as a monarchist he was imprisoned in 1792 for his writings in support of the aristocracy. It was long thought that he had died in the massacres at the Abbaye prison in September of that year but later research indicates that he may have been executed during the Reign of Terror in 1794. The artists who illustrated this work were at the opposite end of the political spectrum. Painter Philippe Chéry 1759-1838 studied with Jacques-Louis David and adopted his master's passionate support for the Revolution as well as his Neoclassical style. Engraver Pierre-Michel Alix 1762-1817 was a specialist in color printing best known for his portraits of leaders of the French Revolution and later of Napoleon and First Empire dignitaries. While the handsome binding here is unsigned the palmette roll on the covers is very similar but not identical to one used by Bozerian see Culot "Jean-Claude Bozerian" roll #44 and plate #XXIV. Perhaps our binder had trained in that atelier as the design and workmanship are certainly of that level. Drouhin unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST14261

‎(COLOR PRINTING). (GEOCENTRIC ASTRONOMY, 19TH CENTURY). (MUGGLETONIANS). FROST, ISAAC‎

‎TWO SYSTEMS OF ASTRONOMY: FIRST THE NEWTONIAN SYSTEM . . . : SECOND THE SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HOLY SCRIPTURES‎

‎London: Printed by Catchpool & Trent for Simpkin Marshall & Co 1846. FIRST EDITION. 320 x 255 mm. 12 1/2 x 10". xiii 3 96 pp. <br/> Publisher's original blind-decorated dun-colored cloth gilt titling to upper cover smooth spine newer endpapers. WITH 11 COLOR ENGRAVINGS after Frost by W. P. Chubb & Son printed in oil colors by George Baxter all with original tissue guards. Front free endpaper with small ink signature of John Hill. See: Francis Reid "Isaac Frost's 'Two Systems of Astronomy' 1846: Plebeian Resistance and Scriptural Astronomy" in "The British Journal for the History of Science" Vol. 38 No. 2 Jun. 2005 pp. 161-177. â—†Cloth rather spotted corners bumped but the binding solid with no wear to joints or hinges. A few spots of foxing to title page half of the tissue guards with overall very faint foxing/browning the illustrations with minor foxing at edges and in margins but the images themselves clean and bright and all in all a really excellent copy the text wide-margined and quite clean and fresh and the plates with rich coloring.<br/> <br/> Illustrated with beautiful color plates this anti-Newtonian work promotes a view of the universe based on the backward-looking beliefs professed by a Protestant sect known as the Muggletonians. Named after co-founder Lodowicke Muggleton the Muggletonians emerged in London in 1651 based on the claims of two tailors who professed to be the "Last Witnesses" described in the Book of Revelation. Rejecting the new directions in philosophical reason Muggletonians believed in a purely scriptural interpretation of the universe. According to E. P. Thompson's 1994 "Witness Against the Beast" the Muggletonians had curious notions quite contrary to other Protestant denominations: they believed that the soul is mortal that Jesus and God are one and the same that Heaven was left without divine supervision from Jesus' death until the day of judgment that Heaven resides six miles above the Earth that God stands between five and six feet tall and other unconventional things. Although the sect initially avoided both worship and evangelizing during the 19th century some followers became more outspoken about their beliefs and even published books appealing to the general public. Our author Isaac Frost 1793-1858 was a prominent Muggletonian and successful owner of a brass foundry who along with his brother Joseph invested large sums to promote their belief system--the present work being an especially notable example. Divided into two main sections the text first describes the Newtonian system of heliocentric astronomy and then turns to Frost's scriptural interpretation and geocentric views. As Reid tells us "According to Frost Scripture clearly states that the Sun the Moon and the Stars are embedded in a firmament made of congealed water and revolve around the Earth that Heaven has a physical reality above and beyond the stars and that the planets and the Moon do not reflect the Sun's rays but are themselves independent sources of light. Our book was apparently written as a reaction against the lecturers who expressed Newtonian astronomy--which was often for them and their audiences simply shorthand for heliocentrism." The 11 plates that illustrate these extraordinary ideas are the work of George Baxter a pioneering printer who revolutionized color printing techniques by combining metal engravings with woodblock printing using oil-based inks to produce high-quality affordable prints. The plates here are appropriately ethereal and otherworldly utilizing a beautiful palette with subtle gradations and esoteric figures to create memorable pseudo-scientific imagery. Although this work appears at auction with some regularity it is almost always incomplete no doubt because the attractiveness of its plates encourages harvesting. Useful price comparisons include a complete copy said to be in fine condition selling for £7500 in 2016 and six loose prints from the book fetching £6875 in 2015. [Printed by Catchpool & Trent for] Simpkin, Marshall, & Co unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST19286

‎(ESSEX HOUSE: VELLUM PRINTING) CHAUCER, Geoffrey‎

‎The Flower and the Leaf.‎

‎London: Edwin Arnold 1902. Limited to 165 numbered copies on vellum at the Essex House Press under C. R. Ashbee. Small octavo. 45 1 pp. Hand-colored frontispiece and two full-page hand-colored illustrations and eighty-five hand-colored ornamental letters by Edith Harwood. Tail-piece. Caslon type. Publisher's vellum with rose and gilt lettering to front cover. Bit of natural mottling to vellum. Custom folding cloth chemise and slipcase. A very good copy.Great Poems Series No. 6. "In 1886 C.R. Ashbee established the Guild of Handicraft at Essex House London. Around the same time Ashbee created the Essex House Press. The Essex House Press published its first book in 1898. The work of the press was very much a part of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Ashbee continually linked the aims of the press with those of John Ruskin and William Morris and described the object of the movement as “making useful things…making them well and…making them beautiful.†The critics however were not so sure about the work of Essex House Press calling it “articraftiness.†Later booklovers came to admire much of its work. Some of the presses and some of the workmen for Essex House Press came from the Kelmscott Press after its demise in 1897 following the death of William Morris. Ashbee designed his own typeface called “Endeavor†for the press. In 1902 the press moved to Glouscestershire. The Essex House Press closed in 1910 having produced more than seventy titles." Univ. of Utah Edwin Arnold hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 73377

‎(First Printing) 1966 The Proud Tower‎

‎A portrait of the World Before 1890-1914‎

‎unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 405512872769

‎(Grataroli, Guglielmo [ed.]).‎

‎Verae alchemiae artisque metallicae, citra aenigmata, doctrina, certusque modus [...]. Basel, (Heinrich Petri & Peter Perna), 1561.‎

‎Folio (208 x 307 mm). (16), 244, 299, (1) pp. 18th century full calf with double gilt rules to covers, giltstamped label and date to richly gilt floral spine. Leading edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Very rare first edition. "One of the earliest collections of alchemical writers, containing 53 texts [...] A very important item" (Duveen). Among the authors of these treatises highly sought after by 16th century disciples of the hermetic sciences are Geber (Jabir ibn Hayyan), Avicenna, Roger Bacon, Arnaldus de Villanova, Albertus Magnus, Ramon Llull, Johannes de Rupescissa, Richardus Anglicus, Robertus Tauladanus, Giovanni Battista da Monte, Aristotle, Giovanni Braccesco, and Giovanni Aurelio Augurelli, as well as the editor himself. Grataroli (1510-68), a native of Bergamo, studied philosophy and medicine at Padua and lectured on Avicenna from 1537 to 1539. After his conversion to Calvinism he had to flee the Inquisition. He arrived in Basel in 1552, where he practiced and taught medicine and wrote and edited works on medicine and alchemy, of which this is his most famous effort. He also briefly held the chair of medicine at Marburg. - A substantial part of the first section is devoted to the works of the great Arab alchemist Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan, known as Geber in the Latin tradition. Jabir, who was active at the court of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, was inspired to study alchemy by his master Ja'far al-Sadiq, one of the greatest authorities on the esoteric sciences. One of Jabir's most famous works is the "Kitab al-Zuhra" ("Book of Venus", or the Noble Art of Alchemy) written for Harun al-Rashid. His works are commented on by Braccesco, like Grataroli a Lombard, in his "Dialogus ... cui titulus est Lignum vitae", and by the French alchemist Tauladanus in his "In eundem Braceschum Gebri interpretem, animadversio", presented here in their only edition. - The second part contains four texts attributed to Arnaud de Villeneuve, whose "Practica ad quendam Papam" is published here for the first time. This is followed by several apocryphal treatises attributed to Albert the Great, to Raymond Llull, to Avicenna and to Aristotle. Of these, the most notable are the first edition of one of the most important texts of early alchemy, the "De perfecto magisterio" of Pseudo-Aristotle, and the first edition of Johannes de Rupescissa's "Liber lucis", as well as several medieval texts attributed to the monk Ferrarius or Efferarius, most importantly his "Thesaurus philosophiae". - Near-contemporary faded ownership inscription "... ex dono D. D. Flanet R.P." on the title-page, with some 18th century bibliographical notes in more distinct ink. A few minute wormholes in the blank lower margin (some professionally repaired), otherwise an uncommonly fine copy, sumptuously bound in the 18th century, probably in France. VD 16, G 2915. BNHCat G 379. BM-STC German 366. Adams A 575 (s. v. Alchemy). Wellcome I, 2920. Duveen 268. Ferguson I, 341. Neu 1747. Dorbon 1976. Rosenthal 403. Thorndike V, 545ff. & 600ff. Bolton I, 989. Caillet 4746 (Biogr.). Brüning 333. Manly P. Hall coll. 79 (first part only). Soltesz G 379. USTC 602851. Not in Machiels.‎