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QUATTRAMI, EVANGELISTA. La Vera Dichiaratione di Tutte le Metafore, Similitudini, & Enimmi de gl'Antichi Filosofi Alchimisti, tanto Caldei & Arabi,

QUATTRAMI, EVANGELISTA. La Vera Dichiaratione di Tutte le Metafore, Similitudini, & Enimmi de gl'Antichi Filosofi Alchimisti, tanto Caldei & Arabi, come Greci & Latini, usati da loro nella Descrittione, & Compositione dell'Oro Potabile, Elissire della Vita, Quinta Essenza, & Lapis Filosofico. [24], 230, [26] pages, including errata leaf and final blank. 4to, modern blind-ruled morocco, covers slightly warped; marginal restoration on title and next leaf, modern owner's label on title verso, occasional light dampstaining, some early underscoring and marginalia. Rome: Vincenzo Accolti, 1587

  • Notes: first edition of a work on the figurative language of early alchemical writers. Durling 3781; Duveen, page 491; Ferguson II, 232; not in Caillet, Mellon, or Thorndike.

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