Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Alchemiae Gebri Arabis philosophi solertissimi, Libri : cum reliquis, ut uersa pagella indicabit.
Identifier
ark:/88435/m326m771q
Publisher
Bernæ : Ioan[nnes] Petreius Nurembergen[sis] denuo ... excudi faciebat, 1545.
Language
Latin
Date Created
1545
Extent
[16], 302, [2] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Provenance
HSVR copy: Woodcut bookplates on the front and rear pastedowns. The first is that of the mint-master and apothecary Michael Aschenbrenner (1549-1605); the second is that of his wife Christiana. His is dated 1588 and bears the monogram "MCB." These are the oldest known Berlin bookplates and Michael's is the oldest bookplate of a German pharmacist.
HSVR copy: Ownership stamp on title page of the Courland Society for Literature and Art.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Colophon: Excusum Bernae Helueticæ per Mathiam Apiarium, Sumptu & expensis Honesti uiri, Ioannis Petrei, Norinbergensis Typogrpahi. Anno M.D.XL.V. Mense Augusti.
Binding Note
HSVR copy: Contemporary blind-tooled alum-tawed pigskin-backed wooden boards, catches and one clasp.

Discovery Information

Subject
Alchemy—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count
456

Institutional Information

Collection
Alchemy and the Ripley Scrolls 1400-1700
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/17bc2c0e-b8cd-4848-a22c-7f6a509e2db5/manifest