Geberis philosophi perspicacissimi, summa perfectionis magisterii in sua natura ex Bibliothecae Vaticanae exemplari undecunq[ue] : emendatissimo nuper edita, cum quorundam capituloru[m], vasorum, & fornacum, in uolumine aliàs mendosissimè impresso omissorum : libriq[ue] inuestigationis magisterij & testamenti eiusdem Geberis, ac Aurei triu[m] uerborum libelli et Auicennae summi medici & acutissimi philosophi mineralium additio[n]e castigatissima

Geber, 13th cent, Paulus, de Tarento, Khalid ibn Yazid al-Umawi, 7th cent, Avicenna, 980-1037, Schöffer, Peter, ca. 1425-ca. 1502, Pederzano, Giovanni Battista, fl. 1522-1555 · 1542 · Venetiis : Apud Petrum Schoeffer ; Brixiensem : Apud Dominum Ioannem Baptistam Pederz · 11 pictures

A 1542 Venetian edition of the Latin alchemical corpus attributed to Geber (Summa perfectionis, with texts of Paulus of Tarento, Khalid and Avicenna), printed by Petrus Schoeffer for scholars and practising alchemists. Small woodcuts show furnaces, flames, retorts, crucibles and stands, drawn in heavy outline with close diagonal hatching; useful as isolated equipment silhouettes and flame motifs.

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