$1,000
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Auction: September 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
London: for William Cooper, 1684. Small 8vo. Leaf size 150x90mm., [6], (1)-193, [5]; (1)-32, 1-16pp. Finely bound in modern polished russet calf, morocco spine label; with some darkening and small chips to edges of general title and final leaf, occasional marginal damp staining, scattered old ink annotations. Continuous pagination throughout the first nine treatises, each bearing a separate title dated 1683; final treatise separately paginated, with title page dated 1684 Wing C5103; ESTC 5297; Ferguson, Bibliotheca Chemica, Volume I, p.169. This volume includes Roger Bacon's Speculum Alchymiae, "I Salute or greet unto thee most dearly beloved the Glass of Alchemy..."