Dell'elixir vitæ Dell'elixir vitae Donato d'Eremita. creator text book In Napoli Per Secondino Roncagliolo 1624 1624
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ITA Author further identified on preliminary page 7 as Fra Donato d'Eremita di Rocca d'Evandro dell'Ordine di San Domenico. Duveen, D.L. Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica, | 176 Ferchl, F. Pictorial history of chemistry, | p. 94, 97 Illustrations: 20 engravings, including historiated t.p. Each of the 19 plates, bound in at the end, consists of an engraving showing distillation or other process and requisite equipment, an engraved description below and one of the five different elaborately engraved architectural frames on the other three sides. The border on plates 2, 5, 9, 13 and 17 contains the author's name and device, giving rise to the speculation that he may have executed the illustrations. Includes floreated initials and an array of tailpieces. Text is set within a frame line, and within a greater frame containing in the margins printed glosses. Includes: Tavola delle varie infirmata, secondo il linguaggio Arabica, Greco, e Latina, p. 133-166; Tavola de gli scrittori di medicina e di chirugia Arabi, Greco, Latini, e Italiani, p. 166-168; and Errori occorsi nello stampare, p. 182. Signatures: maltese cross,A-H²I-ZAa-BbCc-Gg²last page missing? 17th century Alchemy Distillation Early works to 1800 Elixir of life Engravings Equipment and supplies Formulae, receipts, prescriptions Italy Medicinal plants Medicine Pictorial works Recipes Workshop recipes QD26.5 E4.D6 1624 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/46881 10.5962/bhl.title.46881 NN