[ALCHIMIE] CROLLIUS, Oswald - Lot 29

[ALCHIMIE] CROLLIUS, Oswald Basilica chymica, pluribus selectis secretissimis propria manuali experientia approbatis descriptionibus, usu remediorum chymicorum selectissimorum, aucta a Joan. Hartmanno, M.D.et quondam chymiatriae in academia marpurgensi profess. Celeberrimo et pincipum Hassiae archiatro : edita a Johanne Michaeli, philosophiae et medicinae doctore, et Georg. Everhardo Hartmanno, authoris filio Geneviae, Petri Chouët, 1635, in-8, full contemporary calf, spine ribbed, ornamented, XIV, 220, XII, 420, X, 114, XXX pp. Restoration to upper head, boards slightly rubbed. Title page missing. Extremely rare edition complete with additions by Jean Hartmann. Caillet 2702 refers only to the original of 1622. Guaita 198. It appears in Dorbon 945: "In addition to numerous recipes for ancient medicine, including several of the following kind: liqueur de pierres précieuses (rubis, hyacinthes, topazes, grenats, améthystes); quintessence de perles; élixir de Paracelse; vitriol hermaphrodite; gelatine de crânes humains; élixir pestilentiel; alcool de vipères; onguent de sympathie; eau bénite de Rulandus ; pills against epilepsy made from black cow dung, this edition contains the "Traité des signatures des choses cachées ou la vraie et vive Anatomie du Grand et du Petit Monde", as well as the "Préface admonitoire contenant l'application des mystères très profonds de la Philosophie et de la Grâce naturelle concernant l'excellence de la médecine chimique et la grandeur du Microcosme". Duveen p. 151. Ferguson (for the 1620 edition and an undated one) p. 185, Vol. I.