Lot 1210 Kenelm Digby. Eröffnung unterschiedlicher …

Eröffnung unterschiedlicher Heimlichkeiten der Natur ... von einem wunderbaren Geheimnüß in Heilungen der Wunden, ohne Berührung, vermög deß Vitrioli, durch die Sympathiam ... Übersetzet von M.H. Hupka. Zum Vierdten mal gedruckt. Mit gestoch. Frontispiz. Frankfurt, Wust, 1668. Tit., 123 S., 3 Bl. Kl.-8°. Pgt. d. Zt. mit span. Kanten (angestaubt, fleckig, VGelenk eingerissen, untere Deckelecken mit kl. Fehlstellen im Bezug, Rücken mit unleserl. Marginalien).

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Naturwissenschaften – VD17 29:719869R. - vgl. Caillet 3126 u. Ferchl 125 - Vierte deutsche Ausgabe des bekannten Traktates mit der Erfindung und Anwendungsweise des Wundermittels "Pulvis sympathicus". "In 1657 his increasingly poor health led Digby to take the watters of Montpellier, where he gave his famous account of the 'powder of sympathy', which cured wounds by rubbed on weapon that inflected them" (DSB IV, 95). - Angebunden: P. Servius. Außführliches Bedencken von der insgemein so genannten Waffen-Salben. Oder von den Wunderwercken der Natur und Kunst. 1 Bl., 81 S., 3 Bl. - Besitzeintrag von Mathias Holzmayr, Wien 1829. - Fl. Vorsätze fehlen. Die ersten 4 u. letzten 2 Bl. mit Wurmspur (geringer Buchstabenverlust), kl. Einriss u. punktuell im Falz verstärkt bzw. hinterlegt. Papierbedingt gebräunt, vereinzelt Unterstreichungen im Text, sonst insg. gut erhalten.

Natural Sciences – With engraved frontispiece. Contemp. vellum (dusty, stained, front joint torn, lower corners of cover with small defects in the vellum, spine with illegible marginalia). - Fourth German edition of the well-known treatise on the invention and application of the miracle cure "Pulvis sympathicus". "In 1657 his increasingly poor health led Digby to take the waters of Montpellier, where he gave his famous account of the 'powder of sympathy', which cured wounds by rubbing it on the weapon that inflicted them" (DSB IV, 95). - Bound with: as listed above. - Ownership inscription by Mathias Holzmayr, Vienna 1829. - Free endpapers missing. The first 4 and last 2 leaves with wormholes (minor loss of letters), small tear and reinforced or backed in places in the fold. Browned due to paper, occ. underlinings in the text, otherwise overall good condition.

Startprice: 360 €
Estimate: 500 €

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