Lot 1001
de Augustis, Quirico de Torona - "Lumen apothecariorum", Venice, 1503
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Large fragment of this important treatise on pharmaceuticals, usually edited together with the "Luminare Maius" by Giovanni Giacomo Manilio di Bosco. Title and leaves 1, 3 to 7, and register are missing. Pages 2 and 8 to 44 ("Finis" and Imprint) newly bound in half-linen. Printer's mark on page 44: "Impressum Venetiis per Albertinum Vercellésem Currente, MCCCCCIII, die XXVIII Junii" (Albertino da Lissona, called Vercellensis, on June 28, 1503). Leaf size 28 x 20 cm. Throughout some moderate water stains and browning, stronger at the end, the last 4 leaves with some foxing. Minor tears on white edges on 2 pages, not touching the text. First printed in 1492. Contains hundreds of descriptions of pharmaceutical "concoctions", mostly oils and syrups. Usually printed together with the "Luminare maius" by Giovanni Manilius de Bosco. Rare post-incunabula.Condition: III Questions about the lot?
