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LULL, RAMON. Operaea quae ad adinventam ab ipso artem universalem, scientiarum artiumque omnium brevi compendio . . . pertinent. With commentaries by Giordano Bruno, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, and Valerius de Valeriis. Woodcut text diagrams throughout, including four with working volvelles on A4v, D3v, P6v, and 2Z4v; 2 (of 4) folding letterpress tables. [16], 1109, [43] pages, including final blank. 8vo, 182x116 mm, contemporary vellum boards with remnants of thong ties; contents browned, sometimes heavily, scattered early underscoring and marginalia, old signature on title, conspicuous soiling on page 577, blank lower outer corner off 3K3. Strassburg: Lazarus Zetzner, 1609
Second collected edition of writings by the medieval polymath Lull on his Ars magna, or universal system of knowledge. DSB VIII, 549. Duveen, page 371; Palau 143675; Sarton II, 901-03. bound with: ALSTED, JOHANN HEINRICH. Clavis artis Lullianae. [8], 182 pages; lacks 2 engraved tables and last leaf with 2 woodcuts of volvelles to be mounted on page 103. Strassburg: Lazarus Zetzner, 1609. first edition.
