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CORTÉS, JERÓNIMO. Libro de Fisonomia Natural y Varios Secretos de Naturaleza. [16], 246 pages. 8vo, 141x100 mm, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, book block loose in binding; marginal dampstaining on opening leaves, heavily scored early inscription on title verso showing through on recto, occasional soiling, G1 torn and repaired without text loss, ink smudges on H3r. Later ownership inscriptions of José Camilo Urzúa. Seville: Juan de la Puerta for the heirs of Pedro Santiago, 1723
Later edition of a work first published in the late 1590s comprising sections on physiognomy, the therapeutic properties of rosemary, distillation, medical and natural secrets, and cosmography. Hernández Morejón IV, 292-93; Thorndike VI, 166-69. OCLC locates only the University of Granada copy; this edition not in Palau or CCPBE.
