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(Tancke, Joachim). Promptuarium Alchemiae Ander Buch, Darinnen der vornehmsten gelehrten Philosophen und Alchimisten Schrifften und Tractaten von dem Stein der Weisen, so bissher noch nicht in Druck aussgangen, und für einen grossen Schatz gehalten worden.

8 Bll., 701 (recte 693) pp. Small 8vo. Contemp. vellum with black painted spine and red spine label. – Leipzig, Henning Gross, 1614.

Second part (of 2) of Joachim Tancke’s alchimistic tract. A first part with appendix was published in 1610. Tancke (1557-1609) was teaching at the Leipzig university and was in correspondence with Johannes Kepler. – VD17 3:301088F. – Lacking folding leaf Cc3 with woodcut alchemistic emblem (replaced in xerox copy). Binding loosened between leaf A1 and A2. Few pages with restored margins, leaf Pp2 with minor text loss. Browned throughout. New end-papers. – Best.-Nr. 27399