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MORT, Jacobus le. Pharmacia, rationibus et experimetis auctoribus instructa, methodon Galenico-chymica adornata.
Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1688.
With: (2) MORT, Jacobus le. Chymia, rationibus et experimetis auctoribus, iisque demonstrativis superstructa, in qua malevolorum calumniate modestè simul diluuntur.
Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1688. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Ad 1: with a frontispiece engraved by Adriaan Schoonebeek (with an allegorical scene above and an apothecary and others at work below), originally dated 1684, changed to 1688, and Van der Aas herald angel device on title page. Ad 2: with a beautiful allegorical frontispiece (also by Adriaan Schoonebeek?), dated 1688, 2 folding engraved plates of furnaces and distilling equipment and utensils, Van der Aas woodcut herald angel device, initials and head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum over boards, title in ink on spine: "Le Mort opera omnia". 14], 256, [34]; [36], 366, [62] pp. Full description

MORT, Jacobus le. Pharmacia, rationibus et experimetis auctoribus instructa, methodon Galenico-chymica adornata.
Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1688.
With: (2) MORT, Jacobus le. Chymia, rationibus et experimetis auctoribus, iisque demonstrativis superstructa, in qua malevolorum calumniate modestè simul diluuntur.
Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1688. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Ad 1: with a frontispiece engraved by Adriaan Schoonebeek (with an allegorical scene above and an apothecary and others at work below), originally dated 1684, changed to 1688, and Van der Aas herald angel device on the title page. Ad 2: with a beautiful allegorical frontispiece (also by Adriaan Schoonebeek?), dated 1688, 2 folding engraved plates of furnaces and distilling equipment and utensils, Van der Aas woodcut herald angel device, initials and head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum over boards, title in ink on spine: "Le Mort opera omnia". [14], 256, [34]; [36], 366, [62] pp. Full description

MÜLLER, Philipp. Miracula chymica et misteria medica. Libris quinque enucleta, quorum summam pagina versa exhibet.
[Wittenberg], Laurens Seuberlich for Clemens Berger, 1611. 12mo. With 12 woodcuts of 19 chemical instruments and retorts in the text, several woodcut head- and tailpieces, the title is printed in red and black.
Later paper boards, red sprinkled edges, in a modern burgundy solander box. [24], "189" [=191], [1 blank] pp. Full description

MYDORGE, Claude. Examen du livre des recreations mathematiques et de ses problemes en geometrie, mechanique, optique, & catoptrique. Où sont aussi discutées, & restablies plusieurs experiences physique y proposées.
Including:
- La seconde partie des recreations mathematiques. Composee de plusieurs problèmes plaisans & facetieux en faict d'arithmetique, géometrie, astrologie, optique, perspective, mechanique, & chymie, & autres rares secrets non encre veus, ny mis en lumiere.
- La troisieme partie des recreations mathematiques. Composée de faire toutes sortes de fuzées, tant simples que doubles, avec leur composition, le tout representé par figures.
Rouen, Charles Osmont, 1643. 8vo. With numerous woodcut illustrations illustrating the problems. Contemporary limp vellum, with the manuscript title on the spine. [1], [1 blank], [5], [1 blank], [7], [1 blank], 280, 63, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [2], 67-106, [43], [1 blank] pp. Full description

MYNSICHT, Adrian von. Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum.
Venice, Johann Gabriel Hertz, 1707. 4 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With engraved title-page. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment. [8], 446 [=452], [52]; 162 [=168] pp. Full description

[ORDINANCE - PHARMACY]. Reglement vervattende een ordre, waar na een ieder zig in het verkoopen van rottekruit ten platten lande in deesen geheelen furstendom en graafschap zal moeten gedraagen.
Arnhem, widow of Hendrik van Goor, 1772. 4to. With a woodcut coat-of-arms on title-page. Bound as sewn. 15, [1 blank] pp. Full description

OZANAM, Jacques. Récréations mathématiques et physiques, qui contiennent plusieurs problèmes d'arithmétique, de géométrie, de musique, d'optique, de gnomonique, de cosmographie, de mécanique, de pyrotechnie, & de physique. Avec un traité des horloges élémentaires.
Paris, Jacques Rollin, 1750 (vol. 2: 1749). 4 volumes. 8vo. With 136 engraved plates (9 folding, 127 full-page), numerous woodcut diagrams and printed tables in the text. Contemporary mottled calf. [16], 460, [20]; [4], 462, [14]; [2], 482, [12]; [8], 446, [5] pp. Full description

[PERRINET D'ORVAL, Jean Charles]. Manuel de l'artificier.
Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1757. 8vo. With 5 folding tables and 12 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine. [8], 142, [3] pp. Full description

RANOUW, Willem van. Kabinet der natuurlyke historien, wetenschappen, konsten en handwerken, geopent met de maanden January en February 1719. Verciert en opgeheldert met kopere plaaten.
Including: MEERSCH, Pieter van der. Register tot alle de deelen van het kabinet ... van W. v. Ranouw.
Amsterdam, Hendrik Strik; Zacharia Moelé and Johannes de Ruiter; Balthasar Lakeman, 1730; 1719-1727; 1732. 21 parts in 9 volumes. 8vo. With an identical engraved allegorical frontispiece in volumes 1-8, different woodcut vignettes on the title-pages and 49 numbered engraved maps and plates, all but one folding. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on the spines. [16], 176, [2], 552, [8]; [4], 564, [8]; [8], 562, [6]; 570, [6]; 570; [9]; [8], 176, [2], 191-380, [2], 563, [6]; [8], 183, [1], 1-192, 1-192, [8]; [16], 176, 1-191, [1], [20], 1-151, [1]; [12], 690 pp. Full description

ROSSETTI, Donato. Antignome fisico-matematiche con il nuovo orbe, e sistema terrestre.
Livorno, Giovanni Vincenzo Bonfigli, 1667. 4to. With 66 woodcut diagrams and other illustrations in text. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment, with 2 fastenings made from loops of braided cord on the front cover but only traces of thongs on the back. XII, 179, [1] pp. Full description