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Penot, Bernard Georges : BERNARDI PENOTI A PORTU S. MARIAE AQUITANI, DE DENARIO MEDICO, QUO DECEM MEDICAMINIBUS, OMNIBUS MORBIS INTERNIS MEDENDI VIA DOCETUR. … Bernae Helveticorum, 1608, excudebat Ioannes Le Preux.

1 vol., in 8°, 16.5x11.5 cm, p. [2], 203, [3]. Contemporary binding in full parchment.
Work of the French alchemist GB Penot (1519-1617), a treatise on chemistry, alchemy and medicine often omitted from bibliographies and catalogues despite boasting large sections dedicated to the Philosopher's Stone. Rare original Swiss edition; printed on the frontispiece a woodcut vignette (a circle with a triangle and a square inside, and the motto: Ordo naturae omnia ab uno omnia ad unum); woodcut headers and initials engraved in the text. Browned copy.

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