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EXTREMELY RARE EARLY WORK ON GEMS LEONARDUS, CAMILLUS. Speculum lapidum. 66 leaves. 4to, modern russet morocco; dampstaining in lower outer corners
EXTREMELY RARE EARLY WORK ON GEMS LEONARDUS, CAMILLUS. Speculum lapidum. 66 leaves. 4to, modern russet morocco; dampstaining in lower outer corners throughout, insignificant worming in blank lower margin of first few leaves; marbled board slipcase. (Venice: Melchior Sessa & Petrus de Ravanis, 16 November 1516)
- Notes: Second edition of a rare early compilation on gems originally published in 1502. "More than a third of the space is devoted to an alphabetical listing and description of particular stones, while another third is occupied with astrological and magic images carved on gems and is in large part made up of chapters drawn from various books of magic. In both cases it is the occult virtues of gems or of images engraved upon them that especially attract the author's attention"--Thorndike VI, 299. Sinkankas. 3891.
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