Croll Oswald Crollius (4 results)

In-16°, pp. 128, (2), brossura editoriale. Perfetto stato. Ristampa anastatica di questo trattato esoterico secentesco del Croll (Marburgo, 1560 ca.-Praga, 1609) sulla paracelsiana dottrina delle segnature (De signatura rerum), costituente la terza parte della sua opera maggiore, la Basilica chymica. Eliphas Levi scrisse a proposito di questo trattato che Crollius cherchait à établir que Dieu et la nature ont en quelque sorte signé tous leurs ouvrages, et que tous les produits d'une force quelconque de la nature portent, pour ainsi dire, l'estampille de cette force imprimée en caractères indélébiles, en sorte que l'initié aux écritures occultes puisse lire à livre ouvert les sympathies et les antipathies des choses, les propriétés des substances et tous les autres secrets de la création. Les caractères des différentes écritures seraient primitivement empruntés à ces signatures naturelles qui existent dans les étoiles et dans les fleurs, sur les montagnes et sur le plus humble caillou. Les figures des cristaux, les cassures des minéraux, seraient des empreintes de la pensée que le Créateur avait en les formant. (Histoire de la Magie). Francese.

A celebrated book about chemical medicine by Oswald Kroll (1563-1609), an alchemist and professor of medicine at the University of Marburg in Hesse, Germany. This undated edition is a slightly later reissue of that of 1609 with some modifications; it also slightly differs from all early editions we were able to collate with this copy. "Basilica Chymica" is supplemented with Kroll's treatise "De signaturis internis rerum" and "Elegia de vera antiqua philosophica medicina, Scripta a M. Ulrico Bollingero Ad DN. Osualdum Crollium, Medico-chymicum felicissimum, etc." The book features an engraved title page with emblems/diagrams and portraits of Hermes Trismegistus, Morienus, Lullus on one side, and Geber, Roger Bacon and Paracelsus on the other. This rare copper engraving was made by Aegidius Sadeler (1570-1629), a Flemish engraver who was principally active at the Prague court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor. Antiqua typeface; pages are decorated with large woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials; two pages contain woodcut illustrations of instruments (see photos). A complete, well-preserved copy. Provenance: The copy contains two bookplates, ownership stamp, call numbers and other notes of the Capuchin Monastery in Hradcany (Prague); a coloured spine with handwritten title and call number is also typical for its library. The front endpaper has a simple recent bookplate of Petr Vopenka (1935-2015), a Czech mathematician and philosopher. /// Parchment binding with leather strings (backstrip with handwritten title and call number); hardback, [16]+283+[25]+[16]+80+[16]+24 pp., 8° (18 x 22 cm), parchment worn, yellowed and deformed, edges darkened, endpapers have a few bookworm traces, title leaf with two small paper labels pasted over its verso, some pages yellowed or slightly foxed, other signs of wear and age are rare (several pages with small water stain, a few tiny ink stains, small tear or chipped corner), condition: good Book Language/s: Latin.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Plein vélin de l'époque. Un volume in-8 (161x106 mm), (2)-460-(61)-(1 bl.)-126 (traicté des signatures)-31-(1 bl.) pages. Quelques bois in texte. Travail de vers marginal en fin d'ouvrage. Rare recueil de traités d'alchimie d'Oswald Croll, l'un des premiers disciples de Paracelse, traduit par le chirurgien Jean Marcel Boulene. L'ouvrage est divisé en trois traités, : - le premier propose une Préface admonitoire, contenant les mysteres tres-profond & plus rares de la Philosophie tant naturelle que de la grace, touchant l'excellence de la medecine Chymique, & grandeur du Microcosme; - le second est La Royalle chymie de Crollius , décrivant divers remèdes et recettes de médecine; - le troisième, à pagination séparée, constitue enfin un Traicté des signatures, ou vraye et vive anatomie du grand & petit monde. Cette partie qui contient de nombreux signes et symboles alchimiques manque souvent. RARE EDITION ROUENNAISE chez David du Petit VAL. _____________________________________________________________________ ______________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Contemporary full vellum. 8vo (6,3x4,2 inches) of 1 leaf (title page), 460 pages, 31 leaves (index), 126 pages (traicté des signatures), 16 leaves (index). Few woodcut in text. Small worm hole. Rare French edition of this collection of treatises on alchemy of Oswald Croll, one of the first disciples of Paracelsus, translated by the surgeon Jean Marcel Boleyn. The book is divided into three treaties: - The first offers a admonitoire Preface, containing the very deep mysteries & Philosophy rarest of both natural grace, reaching the excellence of medicine Chymical, and magnitude of the Microcosm; - The second is "la Royalle chymie de Crollius", describing various remedies and recipes of Medicine; - The third one, separate pagination, is finally a Traict signatures, or true and deep anatomy of the great and little world. This part contains many signs and alchemical symbols often lacking. 346g.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Plein vélin de l'époque. Un volume in-8 (169x106 mm), (2)-223-(1 bl.)-(2)-538 (i.e. 211)-(54)-119 (traicté des signatures)-(31) pages. Quelques bois in texte. Mouillures marginales, rousseurs. Recueil de traités d'alchimie d'Oswald Croll, l'un des premiers disciples de Paracelse, traduit par le chirurgien Jean Marcel Boulene. L'ouvrage est divisé en trois traités, : - le premier propose une Préface admonitoire, contenant les mysteres tres-profond & plus rares de la Philosophie tant naturelle que de la grace, touchant l'excellence de la medecine Chymique, & grandeur du Microcosme; - le second est La Royalle chymie de Crollius , décrivant divers remèdes et recettes de médecine; - le troisième, à pagination séparée, constitue enfin un Traicté des signatures, ou vraye et vive anatomie du grand & petit monde. Cette partie qui contient de nombreux signes et symboles alchimiques manque souvent. Seconde édition en français, avec la page de titre gravée. References : Caillet [I, 2703 : "Cette 3e partie manque souvent"]. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Contemporary full vellum. 8vo(169x106 mm), (2)-223-(1 bl.)-(2)-538 (i.e. 211)-(54)-119 (traicté des signatures)-(31) pagesFew woodcut of chemical symbols in text. Light waterstains, foxing. Second French edition of this collection of treatises on alchemy of Oswald Croll, one of the first disciples of Paracelsus, translated by the surgeon Jean Marcel Boleyn. The book is divided into three treaties: - The first offers a admonitoire Preface, containing the very deep mysteries & Philosophy rarest of both natural grace, reaching the excellence of medicine Chymical, and magnitude of the Microcosm; - The second is "la Royalle chymie de Crollius", describing various remedies and recipes of Medicine; - The third one, separate pagination, is finally a Traict signatures, or true and deep anatomy of the great and little world. This part contains many signs and alchemical symbols often lacking. Edition with engraved title page. References : Caillet [I, 2703 : "Cette 3e partie manque souvent"]. 400g.