Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 175

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ALBERTUS MAGNUS, attributed to. De secretis mulierum libellus [and other texts]. 391, [9] pages. 16mo, 115x72 mm, old sheep, joints partly restored, endpapers renewed; marginal soiling and dampstaining, dark stain in upper outer corner of D5-6 with repairs slightly affecting text, old signatures on title and marginalia on page 242. Strassburg: Lazarus Zetzner, 1601

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Popular writings originally published in the 1470s dealing with astrological influences on pregnancy and women's health; magic properties of plants, stones, and animals; and wonders of nature. Pages 241-391 contain De secretis naturae, on generation and physiognomy, ascribed to Michael Scot. Krivatsy 103; Sarton II, 941 and 580.