BORRI, GIUSEPPE FRANCESCO - La Chiave del Gabinetto del Cavagliere Gioseppe Francesco Borri Milanese. Col favor della quale si vedono varie lettere scientifiche, chimiche, e curiosissime con varie istruzioni politiche, ed altre cose degne di curiosita, e molti segreti [Cont.]
Colonia,, Pietro del Martello, 1681, First Edition. Hard Cover, 333 [1] , 195[1]Pp. Very Good/No Jacket.¶ [Cont.] bellissimi. Aggiuntavi una Relazione esatta della sua vita. A fictitious imprint, printed in Geneva. "Breve relazione della vita del cavagliere Gioseppe Francesco Borri milanese" with its own TP [as in all copies] is paginated here 1-195[+1] in some other copies (p. [333]-380). The first volume, in dialogue form, is largely about Alchemy. The second is a biography with emphasis on the author's political life and thought. Unnoted OCLC; RlIN 2 Locs. although one dated 1581, is in error since Borri was born in 1627. Not in Caillet, Duveen, or Wheeler Gift. In the Archiv. Biog. Italiano Borri is noted as an alchemist and chemist. Graesse I, 498 Says : "Recueil tres rare de 10 lettres; le 1e et la 2e traitant des esprits elementaires ont fourni a l'abbe de Villars les principales idees de son "Comte de Gabalis", les 7 suivantes sont relatives au grand oeuvre, et la derniere est une dissertation sur l'ame des betes." Orig. calf, complex gilt spine, gilt spine title, VG..
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