Chemistry.- Croll (Oswald)

Basilica Chymica, 3 parts in one vol., colophon date at end of part 1, woodcuts on pp. 357 and 362 of part 1, small tear to blank margin of H6, light browning, occasional light spotting and minor staining, a few ownership inscriptions, including ex libris of Micheal Horning? & Donato D’Angelo Tizzano from Orbetello 1718, contemporary vellum boards, stained, [Partington II, 174-77; Thorndike V, 649-50, & VII, 212; this edition not in Krivatsy], 8vo, Combi, Venice, 1643.

*** Treatise on Paracelsian medicine, first published in 1609. Includes ‘Basilica chymica’, a collection of formulas; ‘Tractatus de signaturis, on the theory of the resemblance of certain medicinal plants to the parts of the human body that they are supposed to heal, & ‘Praefatio admonitoria’, an exposition of Paracelsian doctrine. “The standard scientific work on iatrochemistry. In sharp contrast to Paracelsus' vagueness, Crollius describes in detail the individual preparations, their composition, and their application" (DSB)".