Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 1,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
SALA, ANGELO. Ternarius ternariorum hermeticorum bezoardicorum laudanorum. Woodcut text illustrations. [16], 684 pages, including engraved additional title. 8vo, 152x91 mm, contemporary vellum boards with spine title in ink, few small wormholes through front cover, front free endpaper, and additional title; contents toned, old Rostock University stamps (released) on title verso, visible on recto. Erfurt: Johannes Birckner, 1630

Additional Details

Second edition of a work first published in 1618. "A iatrochemical treatise describing the composition and virtues of purgative and vomitive medicines . . . Sala covers bezoartic substances from animal, vegetable, and mineral sources"--Neville II, 417 (original edition). Krivatsy 10145 (this edition); Partington II, 277.