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Wecker, Johann Jacob. De secretis libri XVII. Ex variis auctoribus collecti (...) Novissima hac editione (...) et Theodori Zvingeri additionibus e pharmacia et chymia (...) Accessit index locupletissimus.

Title in red and black. With many text illus. in woodcut. 8 leaves, 764 pp., 17 leaves index. 8vo. Contemp. vellum with ms. and tooled spine title. – Basel, Joh. Rod. Thurneisen, 1750.

Last edition of Wecker’s compilation of secrets on metals, glass, gems, mathematics, and astrology, collected from more than 150 authors. The work contains numerous secret recipes for medicine. J. J. Wecker (1528-1586) was a physician in Basel. His present work was first published in Basel in 1582. – Somewhat browned throughout, spotting in parts. Lower end of spine reinforced by a piece of vellum. – Best.-Nr. 27398