31st Mar, 2020 11:00

Books & Works on Paper including Autographs & Memorabilia

 
  Lot 60
 

Raimundus (Lullus)

Raimundus Lullus

2 works in one, Opera ea quae ad adinventam ab ipso artem universalem, woodcut printer’s device to title and last verso, initials, 52 woodcuts in text, a few leaves misnumbered, 3 folding tables, 1 folding plate of diagrams, without volvelle, P2v restored at corner, with side notes slightly affected, P3 a little chipped, [Bruning 1801; Duveen 372; Ferguson II, 49; Palau 143678; Krivatsy 7187; Wellcome I, 3908; collation matching Dorbon 293 & Caillet 6863-5], 1617; [bound with] Clavis artis Lullianae, et verae logices duos in libellos tribute, woodcut printer’s device to title, initials, diagrams in text, 1633, ownership note to front free endpaper, libraries stamps, browning throughout, especially in second work, a little ink marking, some light foxing, contemporary vellum boards, ink title to spine, soiled, 8vo, Lazar Zetner, Strasbourg.

*** First title. Third edition of the important Strasbourg collection, a re-issue of the 1609 edition with the addition of the commentary of Valerius de Valeriis and four treatises by Giordano Bruno and Agrippa. Includes I. Ars Brevis; II; De Auditu Kabbalistico seu Kabbala; III. Duodecim principia Philosophiae Lullianae; IV. Dialectica seu Logica; V. Rethorica; VI. Ars Magna. Following the texts of the Interpreters of Lullian's philosophy, the. VII. De Lulliano specierum scrutinio; VIII. De lampada combinatoria Lulliana; IX. De progressu logicae venationis; X De lampade caccia logicorum; Agrippa von Nettesheim, XI. Commentaria su Ars Brevis Lulliana; XII. Articuli fidei. The Catalan theologian, mystical philosopher and alchemist Lullus (1233-1315) had been a missionary to the Muslims in North Africa since 1276 and has since taught in Paris and Montpellier.

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