ALBINIUS, PETRUS CONSTANTIUS. Magia astrologica. Hoc est . . . Clavis sympathiae septem metallorum & septem selectorum lapidum ad planetas. [16], 56 leaves, including blank last 2 preliminaries. 8vo, 170x104 mm, 19th-century marbled boards, spine darkened, chipped at top, book block loose in binding; contents toned and dampstained, last 2 leaves attached to rear cover. Paris: Charles Sevestre & Jean Petit-Pas, 1611
first edition of a commentary on the work by Petrus Arlensis de Scudalupis concerning the astrological sympathy of metals and gems with planets (see below). Sinkankas 59 (not seen); Thorndike VI, 324. bound after: LEONARDI, CAMILLO. Speculum lapidum. [38] (of [44]), 244, [2]; [2], 345-499, [37] pages, including blank Q3; lacks the title, ã2, and ã8 (with 2 portraits). Dampstaining throughout, oxidized ink stain along top edge of ã3, vertical crease in 2F3. Paris: Charles Sevestre et al., 1610. Fourth edition of a 1502 treatise on gemstones, including as an appendix the first edition of the work by Petrus Arlensis noted above. Sinkankas 3894 and 5109; Neville II, 54.
