Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362
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Sale 2362 - Lot 289

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
CARDANO, GIROLAMO. De subtilitate libri XXI. Woodcut text illustrations. [24], 561, [3] pages, including final blank. Folio, 325x202 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, quite worn, spine ends chipped, front cover detached, rear joint cracked, cords intact, brass catches, lacking clasps; intermittent marginal dampstaining, numerous tiny wormholes in blank outer margins. Basel: Ludovicus Lucius, 1554
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Encyclopedic work on natural philosophy first published in 1550, "the most advanced presentation of physical knowledge up to its time"--Norman 401 (original edition).