Lacinius Janus (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 29pp. Clean, tight copy. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

The Alchemical Press, Edmonds 1983. 29 S. illustr. OKarton. Umschlag mit kl. Notiz in Blei u. gering fl., sonst gutes Exemplar. Sprache : en.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Arno Press Inc. A New York Times Company, 1974. An Unread copy. Light marks, light extremity wear to the textured Gold boards (see scan), with light edge age, still, Fine Indeed. "Reprinted from a copy in The Harvard College Library/Reprint of the 1894 ed. published by J. Eliott, London." Title in Full - The New Pearl Of Great Price. A Treatise Concerning The Treasure And Most Precious Stone Of The Philosophers. Or The Method And Procedure Of This Divine Art; With Observations Drawn From The Works Of Arnoldus, Raymondus, Rhasis, Albertus, And Michael Scotus, First Published By Janus Lacinius, The Calabrian, With A Copious Index. The Original Aldine Edition Translated Into English. First Edition Thus/First Printing. Hard Cover/Buckram/Sewn. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo size - over 7¾" tall.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

FIRST EDITION 1554, small 4to, approximately 170 x 135 mm, 6¾ x 5¼ inches, Latin text, small woodcut printer's device on title page, full page woodcut illustration on verso b4, a few woodcut historiated initials, leaves: [8], 1-124 (numbered on rectos only making a total of 264 pages), bound in 17th century sheep and rebacked in lighter calf, gilt lettering and tiny blind stamped motifs to spine, new cream endpapers followed by 1 original free endpaper. Upper cover slightly bowed and slightly rubbed at upper inner corner, neat ink initials at foot of title page (JS), a small number to top outer corner, faint orange and dusty stain to upper part of blank side of title page, faint discoloration on woodcut illustration, faint pink stain to 3 outer margins, not affecting text, old front endpaper stained at edges, small old ink stain to margin of H2, pale damp stain to lower blank corners almost throughout, leaving tidemarks from G-H4v, a larger one on text from T-Hh4, all easily legible (see attached images), tiny chip to fore-edge margin of Cc2, 1 small pointing hand, occasional very light browning. A good first edition copy of this manual of alchemy. Janus Lacinius is thought to be a pseudonym for Giovanni da Crotone, a Franciscan Friar from Calabria. Duveen, Bibliotheca Alchemica et Chemica, page 332; Wellcome Library Volume I No.3608. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Plein veau moderne, dans le style de l'époque. Un volume in-8 (199x134 mm), (8)-124 feuillets. Un bois alchimique gravé pleine page. Sig. (a?b)4, (A-2H)4. Pâle mouillure sans gravité. Anciennes marques d'appartenances manuscrites sur la page de titre partiellement effacées. Édition originale de l'un des premiers recueils de textes alchimiques. Il contient le "pretiosa margarita novella" de Petrus Bonus (1330) déjà publié par Alde en 1546, dans un recueil portant un titre similaire au nôtre mais dont le contenu est très différent. On trouve aussi des textes d'Arnaud de Villeneuve, de Lulle, Rhasès, Albert le Grand et Michel Scot. Le texte a été divisé en cinq chapitres correspondant à des étapes de procédés alchimiques. Provenance : P. Mercator 1620 (inscription sur la page de titre). References : Duveen [p. 332 : "This collection seems to differ considerably from the 1546 edition. Only the last book can be clearly recognised"]. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Moder full calf, antic style. 8vo (199x134 cm), (8)-124 leaves. One fullpage alchemical woodcut. Few marginal waterstains. Old handwritten marks of ownership on the title page partially erased. FIRST EDITION of this practical guide to alchemy. Lacinius's Pretiosa margarita novella de thesauro, ac pretiosissimo philosophorum lapide (taken from the fourteenth-century manuscript of Petrus Bonus) had previously been published by the Aldine press in Venice in 1546, and although this collection has a similar title, the contents are somewhat different. Lacinius may have been a pseudonym; it is thought that the author was in fact Giovanni da Crotone, a Franciscan friar from Calabria. Provenance : P. Mercator 1620 (inscription sur la page de titre). References : Duveen [p. 332 : "This collection seems to differ considerably from the 1546 edition. Only the last book can be clearly recognised"]. 438g.…