Author: Pancirolli,Guidonis [1532-1599]
Title: RERUM MEMORABILIum sive deperditarum . Cominentariis illusrata et locis prope innumeris postremum aucta ab H.Salmuth. Pars Prior + Pars Posterior.
Description: Frankfurt, Godefrid Tampach 1629, 1631 Engraved allegorical titlepage of the Old and New World [native American Indians facing Roman soldier by Sebastien Furck . 4to full vellum with yapp fore-edge and gilt stamped coat of arms within cartouche dated 1638 spine ink titled [remnants of ties / some sm.worm holes] All Edges Blue. Engraved pictorial titlepage + [10pp =dedication +laudatory poems etc. + contents] + 349pp + [22p=index] Titlepage to Part 2 with vignette of trumpeting Angel in landscape Titled "NOVA REPERTA SIVE RERUM MEMORABILIUM" +[6pp =dedication + laudatory poems + contents] + 313pp + [17pp of index] Paper browned mostly throughout but pages entirely supple, no tears, well readable and well attached to the spine. There are no underlinings or inscriptions or annotations and the worm holes are confined to the covers and the preliminaries of the first part so that by page 1 there are only approx. 4 holes and they become smaller and fewer so that within the next 24 leaves there are none.Large corner of free endpaper torn off. The text is wide ranging dealing with natural history, geography and world history.The first part of volume two deals with the description of the New World and Christopher Columbus' discoveries. Further sections deal with new plants found, with horology, pottery, music, the invention and history of typography, paper, libraries, distillation, Alchemical arts etc. There is even a lively representation of a printing works at the foot of the Engraved titlepage! Brunnet IV 339 Graesse V 117 Sabin 58411

Keywords: America Horology History alchemy printing


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