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GEMMA, CORNELIUS. De arte cyclognomica tomi III. 80 woodcut text illustrations and diagrams. [8] (of [12]), 151, [1]; 176; 141, [3] pages; lacks the last 2 preliminaries (letter to the Duke of Alba). 3 parts in one volume. 4to, 248x189 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with concentric ornamental and historiated rolls on covers, recased, front joint cracked, cords intact; contents toned. Innsbruck Jesuit ownership inscription dated 1616 on title; bookplate of the Comte d'Einsiedel on verso. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1569
first edition of Gemma's attempt, 'somewhat on the order of the Lullian art . . . to fuse the doctrine of Hippocrates, Plato, Galen, and Aristotle by one circular and catholic method'—Thorndike VI, 406. Durling 2041; Adams G372; Ortroy, pages 374-78.
