Title: Die Geheimsymbole der Chemie und Medicin des Mittelalters Author: Gessmann, G[sutav] W. Place: Munich Publisher: Franz C. Mickl Date: 1900 Description: xii, 67, 36 pp. With 120 plates of alchemical symbols, etc. 9¼x6, original brown cloth decorated in gilt, floral endpapers, marbled edges. Rare work on alchemy in the middle ages, noteworthy for the numerous examples of alchemical symbols. Apparently the first edition, but a later issue - the Mickl imprint dated 1900 has been pasted over the Graz: Im Verlage der Verfassers, 1899, imprint on the title-page. The final 36 pages comprise the index, in German, Latin, French, English and Italian. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing to extremities; light staining to rear cover and top left corner of front cover; marginal dampstain to earlier leaves, else very good. Item number: 168009
Title: Die Geheimsymbole der Chemie und Medicin des Mittelalters Author: Gessmann, G[sutav] W. Place: Munich Publisher: Franz C. Mickl Date: 1900 Description: xii, 67, 36 pp. With 120 plates of alchemical symbols, etc. 9¼x6, original brown cloth decorated in gilt, floral endpapers, marbled edges. Rare work on alchemy in the middle ages, noteworthy for the numerous examples of alchemical symbols. Apparently the first edition, but a later issue - the Mickl imprint dated 1900 has been pasted over the Graz: Im Verlage der Verfassers, 1899, imprint on the title-page. The final 36 pages comprise the index, in German, Latin, French, English and Italian. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing to extremities; light staining to rear cover and top left corner of front cover; marginal dampstain to earlier leaves, else very good. Item number: 168009
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