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Condition: Good. Heinrich Khunrath, Paullus van der Doort (illustrator). Full yapped vellum; large gilt arabesque decor to boards; particulars debossed in blind to spine. Encased in 1566 edition of J.L. Vives (1493-1540) De Officio Mariti, published in Frankfurt. Text and plates from the original 1609 printing but now with the Frankfurt 1653 title page. Without additions or corrections but lacking two tables ("amphitheatri aeternae" & "primordialiter constituunt mundum"). Maintains same curious pagination as 1609 editon (61-42-63; 145-146-145-146-147; 190-192-193-193). No missing pages. Eleven plates from the 1609 edition (9 of which are folding) attached to rear, and twelfth plate at 1653 title page. Rear plates (most wholly or partially rebacked) include: original 1609 title page, portrait of Khunrath, Tablet of Jesus, Tablet of Adam , Table of Rebis, Laboratorium, Designation of the Pyramids or Designatio, Porta Amphitheatri, Adumbratio Gymnasii, Hypotposis Arcis and Feinde (Figure of the Panel of Enemies), this last with creature-caused losses to top peripheral text (see image). Minor loss to upper margin of center fold of plates 8 & 9. Peripheral dampstaining to upper margin of plates 3, 4 & 7. Watermark of a crest with 3 towers in a shield over a moat to plate 5. This reissue bound without the elusive wise owl. Peripheral worming throughout margins with two exceptions; one of which travels (without side-tracking) from a2 through z4 (see images). Wear and moderate soiling to boards. No previous owners' names or other markings. 222 pp., [1]. 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches; 20 x 31 cm.