farfel_n04_044_242

242 Dr . Eichenberger
Beinwil Am See
SF 90 = $45
Sept. '86

Brunschwig , Hieronymus (ca. 1450 - ca. 1512)
Medicinius . Das buch der Gesuntheit . Liber de arte
distillandi Simplicia et Composita . Das nuw buch der
rechten kunst zn distilliren.
(1483 - 1531)
Strassburg : Johann Gruninger . 1 April 1505. fo
Ref : Nissen 263 Pritzel 1293 Wellcome I , 1112 Weller p.557 [inserted]311.[end inserted]
BenzigII , Kristeller 107. Muhl 62. Muther 559 . Schmidt 71.(Vol?)
Cop : N.Y. Academy for Medicine* Das 1111 Capitel Panzer, Annalen I page 269 #557.
[inserted]colored cuts[end inserted] MMu(P) L , Colmriville . London WL (Cat. 1112) L 1111
2 col. 192 leaves , (194 , badly numbered 188), CXXX (but 134) Brunschwig alone.
With about 250 (264) larger & smaller woodcuts chiefly of plants,
but showing alson stills , gardening operations ,scenes at
the sickbed etc.
- 2nd printing of Brunschwig's book on distillation of plants
for pharmacological purposes . this ed. was published
- works by Ficino & Konrad of Strassburg.
- Very rare ed.,the lot of this collection . It consists of 6 parts :
The 1st 2 are really identicle - the corresponding ones of
The "Keines Distillierbuch." The 3rd & 4th contain a
German translation bu J. Adelphus , of the 2 first
[inserted]Das Buch des Lebans'[end inserted] books of Fininus' De triplici vita . The 5th deals -
distilled liquids & their healing powers . The last is a
small dispensatory for the poor people.
1986 Sotheby Sale est. 2000 - 3500
The last 2 books probably printed here for the 1st time.
Johannes Adelphus fl. 1500 - 1521
Marsilio Ficino 1433 -1499 - Florentine - was the son of
Cosimo de Medicis personal physician ; this powerful
[inserted]also an astrologer & an Alchemist.
patron provided the means for him to pursue a life of
scholarship & from 1459 he worked solely on Plato.
*{CLXXXVIII - errors in foliation , actually 1941.
{Sig : A8 , B - D , Dd6 Ddd4 E-T6 V8 X4 Y-Z , 2A - 2F6, 2G8
a guide to the good life , both from the philosophical &
medical point of view.