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    • Chemistry.- Croll (Oswald)
      Dec. 02, 2020

      Chemistry.- Croll (Oswald)

      Est: £400 - £600

      Chemistry.- Croll (Oswald) Basilica Chymica, 3 parts in one vol., colophon date at end of part 1, woodcuts on pp. 357 and 362 of part 1, small tear to blank margin of H6, light browning, occasional light spotting and minor staining, a few ownership inscriptions, including ex libris of Micheal Horning? & Donato D’Angelo Tizzano from Orbetello 1718, contemporary vellum boards, stained, [Partington II, 174-77; Thorndike V, 649-50, & VII, 212; this edition not in Krivatsy], 8vo, Combi, Venice, 1643. *** Treatise on Paracelsian medicine, first published in 1609. Includes ‘Basilica chymica’, a collection of formulas; ‘Tractatus de signaturis, on the theory of the resemblance of certain medicinal plants to the parts of the human body that they are supposed to heal, & ‘Praefatio admonitoria’, an exposition of Paracelsian doctrine. “The standard scientific work on iatrochemistry. In sharp contrast to Paracelsus' vagueness, Crollius describes in detail the individual preparations, their composition, and their application" (DSB)".

      Chiswick Auctions
    • CROLL, OSWALD. 1563-1609. La Royalle Chymie. Lyons: Pierre Drobet, 1624.
      Feb. 12, 2012

      CROLL, OSWALD. 1563-1609. La Royalle Chymie. Lyons: Pierre Drobet, 1624.

      Est: $700 - $900

      La Royalle Chymie. Lyons: Pierre Drobet, 1624. 3 parts in 1. 8vo (171 x 110 mm). [6], 223, [1]; [2], 210, [60]; 119, [31] pp. Engraved title-page, woodcuts in the text. Period limp vellum. Some light dampstains, hinges cracked, stains to vellum. Provenance: Melvin Edward Jahn (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of Croll's classic Basilica Chemica (first published in Frankfurt, 1608). DSB describes this book as "the standard work on iatrochemistry." Croll was an influential advocate of Paracelsus, and this work contains an exposition on his teachings, a treatise on materia medica in which Croll emphasizes the chemical medicines, and a treatise on the Doctrine of Signatures (Traicte des Signatures), which assumes that medicinal plants and other sources of medicine bear some symbol or sign of their value for medicine in their color, shape or other visible sign, by which God intends that they shall become known to those expert and wise in the interpretation of these signs.

      Bonhams
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