Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 192

Price Realized: $ 112
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
LEMNIUS, LEVINUS. De miraculis occultis naturae libri IIII. [16], 868 [i. e., 871], [73] pages. 153x93 mm, contemporary limp green-dyed vellum, worn, with spine title in white ink and front cover stamped with monogram T S V and dated 1592; contents browned and soiled with occasional marginal dampstaining, scattered passages or words scored, old inscriptions on front pastedown and title, wormtrail through several index leaves slightly affecting text. Jena: Tobias Steinmann (for Nicolaus Knoper), 1588

Additional Details

Compilation of miscellaneous natural and medical lore first published in 1559. Durling 2774; Thorndike VI, 393-94.