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VIGENÈRE (Blaise de). TREATISE ON FIRE AND SALT.
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94
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VIGENÈRE (Blaise de). TREATISE ON FIRE AND SALT.
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
VIGENÈRE (Blaise de). TREATISE ON FIRE AND SALT. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1618. In-4, fawn calfskin, double gilt fillet framing on the covers, ribbed spine decorated with gilt panels and fleurons, title label, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding); (2) ff., 267 pp. Foxing, water stains, a 2 cm cut at the foot of the title page, small areas of paper loss without affecting the text in the margins of the first two folios, 2 old handwritten bookplates in brown ink on the title page, including ‘Francisci Puel Dubaguet advocat’, the other, at the bottom, crossed out – Split joints, some leather loss and worn corners. FIRST EDITION of this ‘sought-after treatise, a curious blend of alchemy, Kabbalah and mysticism, in which one finds the method for making gold’ (Caillet). A lovely steel-engraved vignette on the title page. ‘This treatise, which recounts a considerable number of experiments, is furthermore a commentary on the texts of the ancient philosophers and chiefly on the Zohar.’ (Dorbon). From the LIBRARY of the Marquis DADVISARD, with a heraldic bookplate pasted to the inside front cover. ¶ Caillet, III-11161 – Dorbon, 5129.
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