Fioravanti, L. Dello specchio di scientia universale.. Libri tre. Nuovamente ristampato, con molte cose agionte. Venedig, A. Ravenoldo, 1567. (15,5:11 cm). Mit 2 Holzschnitt-Druckermarken. 19 nn. Bll., 315 num. Bll. Flex. Prgt. d. Zt., stärker fleckig und beschädigt, vord. Umschlagkante abgerissen, kl. Wurmspuren, ohne die Bänder.

EDIT 16, CNCE 19102 (nur 16 nn. Bll.); vgl. Adams F 491/492, Duveen 218, Ferguson I, 278, Thorndike VI, 217 u. Poggendorf I, 747 f. - Seltene zweite Ausgabe dieses erstmals 1564 erschienenen und mehrfach aufgelegten Kompendiums. "The first (book) treats of all the more important secrets of the liberal and mechanical arts, the second of divers sciences and many fine thoughts of the ancient philosophers, the third of notable inventions" (Thorndike). Fioravanti, "einer der wenigen Anhänger des Paracelsus in Italien" (Hirsch-H. II, 523), "was a chemist and pharmacist, and in his practice put unbounded trust in his specifics. The balsam which goes by his name, and which was in use till a comparatively recent period, is a very complex mixture, but he also describes the preparation of certain definite compounds" (Ferguson). - Leicht fleckig und gebräunt, teilw. stärker. Titel und 1. Bl. mit Knickfalte in der äußeren Unterecke.

Second edition, rare. With woodcut printer’s device to title and final leaf. - Some browning, foxing and staining, partly stronger, crease fold to lower corner of title and first leaf. Bound in contemporary limp vellum, rather chipped and stained, upper edge with some loss, a few wormholes, lacking ties.