De secretis libri sex mira quadam rerum varietate referti ex italico in latinum sermone e nunc primum translati per Ioannem Iacobum Weckerum, medicum.

Alessio Piemontese.

Published by Basel, [Peter Perna], 1559.

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8vo. (16), 279, (23) pp., final blank f. Half vellum using a leaf from an antiphonary. First Latin edition of Alessio's "De secretis", still in six books. The author is commonly identified with the alchemist Girolamo Ruscelli (1520-66). "Das Werk gehört nach Caillet zur 'haute philosophie hermetique'. Es enthält außer alchemistischen auch viele kosmetische Rezepte, ferner solche gegen Pest, Schlangengift, Ungeziefer, wie auch Konfekt, Einmachen von Früchten, Druckerschwärze, Putzmittel, Schlafmittel usw., des weiteren sehr frühe Beispiele zur Syphilis-Therapie und Arsenikverbindungen zur Haarvertilgung" (Horn/Arndt). "Une des premières éditions de ces célébres secrets que l'on considère comme merveilleux. Quelques personnes qui ont fait l'essai de plusieurs affirment que les résultats sont prodigieux" (Caillet). Sections on making wine, ink, soap, toothpaste, etc. From 1569 onwards Perna also published a German translation. - Somewhat brownstained and waterstained throughout; a few contemporary marginalia; extensive notes by a contemporary hand on reverse of title-page and at the end. Very rare; no copy in auction records of the past decades. - VD 16, R 3835. Durling 110. Wellcome 178. Ferchl 455. Ferguson I, 22 (note). Duveen 15 (note). Cf. Caillet I, 177ff. Rosenthal 754. Graesse (Bib. magica) 50. Simon 33. Seller Inventory # 30052

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Title: De secretis libri sex mira quadam rerum ...

Publisher: Basel, [Peter Perna], 1559.

Edition: 1st Edition

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