A. Asher & Co. B.V.

Regimen sanitatis Magnini Mediolanensis ... Insuper opusculu[m] De flebothomia editum ... Reginaldo de Villa Nova. Additur quoq[ue] Astronomia Hippocratis ... de variis egritudinibus et morbis. Item Secreta Hippogratis. Item Averrois De venenis. Ite[m] Quid pro quo apothecariorum ... Nicolaum ... Cum no[n]nullis insuper Avicenne: ...[Lyon], publisher’s device of B[arthélemy] T[rot] (colophon: Lyon, printed by Jacques Myt, 6 February 1517). Small 4to (19 x 14 cm). With the title page printed in red and black with Trot’s woodcut publisher’s device (lion holding arms bearing a globus cruciger with a parochial cross and initials BT), 12 decorated woodcut initials (white-on-black “Lombardic” capitals with leaf and flower decorations, 3 series) plus 3 repeats. Set in rotunda gothic types (2 sizes) with 3-line “Lombardic” capitals (and a couple 2-line), and 2 spaces with guide letters left to be filled in by hand. 17th-century(?) calf, sewn on 5 double supports, gold-tooled spine with titles in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of 6 compartments and a fleur-de-lis in each of the others, blind fillets on sides. Rebacked with the original backstrip laid down.

IBN SINA (AVICENNA), Maynus de MAYNIS, Arnaldus de VILLANOVA, [Roger BACON] and others. · 1500

€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)

CI, [3] ll.Rare fourth(?) edition of a collection of ten Medieval works by seven authors concerning medicine, health, food and wine, several first published in this collection in 1500. They include Maynus de Maynis (ca. 1295?-1368?), Regimen sanitatis, on health (ll. iii-lxix)...

Fabulae et selecta quaedam Arabum adagia. Cum interpretatione latina & notis Thomae Erpenii.Leiden, Joannes Maire (colophon: "excudebat” Willem Christiaens van der Boxe, “typis” Johannes Janssonius), 1636. 4to. With Maire's woodcut device on the title-page and Van der Boxe's woodcut device above the colophon. Early 19th-century boards covered with blue brocade paper.

LUQMAN al-Hakim (notes by Thomas ERPENIUS). · 1584

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

60, [2] pp.Second edition, in the original Arabic with a Latin translation and notes by Thomas Erpenius (1584-1624), of the classic fables by Luqman (Lokman). Luqman "the greatest figure in the whole corpus of pre-Islamic myth and legend" (Cambridge history of Arabic literatur...

Institutionum pharmaceuticarum. Libri quinque quibus accedunt de materia medica. Libri tres. Omnibus succedit officina pharmaceutica, sive antidotarium ab eodem auctore commentariis illustratum.Paris, Laurentius Archiatrus(?), 1608. 4to. 2 parts in 1 volume. With an engraved title-page and engraved author's portrait, both dated 1608 and engraved by Léonard Gaultier, engraved title-page to the second part by Jaspar Isaac, and numerous woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, restored and rebacked, with part of the original backstrip laid down.

RENOU (RENODAEUS), Jean de. · 1568

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

10, [18], 195, [1 blank], 257, [1 blank], [42], [2 blank], [24], 320, [24] pp.First edition of a comprehensive and influential medical work, written by the Parisian physician Jean de Renou (1568-1620). "Of particular influence on the practice of French pharmacy were the writin...

Uniformes des gardes d'honneur des différens corps dans les sept départemens de la Hollande; formés pour la réception de ... l'Empereur et Roi. ...| Uniformen van de gardes d'honneur, van de onderscheiden corpsen in de zeven départementen van Holland; opgericht tot de ontfangst van ... den Keizer en Koning. Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, [1811]. Royal folio (42.5 x 32 cm). With 12 aquatint costume plates (plate size 32.5 x 23 cm), in the publisher's original hand-colouring, with the original tissue guard leaf tipped onto each plate. Recent boards, with the original plain paper wrappers laid down. Kept in a matching green half morocco clamshell box.

[MILITARY UNIFORMS]. · 1795

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

[48] pp.Beautifully coloured copy (with both a wide variety of bright colours and subtle shading) of the rare first (and only early) edition of a series of large aquatint plates showing the uniforms of Napoleon's honour guards (cavalry, infantry and marine) in 11 Dutch cities,...

Tabula smaragdina medico-pharmaceutica ... cum indice morborum & medicamentorum. Opus & medicis, & chirurgis, & pharmacopoeis perutile. Revidit, emendavit, auxit Joh. Abraham. Mercklinus ...Nürnberg, Johann Friedrich Rüdiger, printed by Leonhard Singer, 1726. Agenda 12mo (16.5 x 7 cm). With double-page title page printed in red and black. Contemporary calf.

FRAUNDORFFER, Philipp. · 1650

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

[24], 468, [48] pp.Reissue of the revised and enlarged third edition of Tabula smaragdina, compiled by the physician Phillip Fraundorffer (ca. 1650-1702). "The book is a collection of 800 recipes taken from no less than 224 various authors" (Hagelin). It contains two prefaces,...

De secreeten ... inhoudende seer excellente ende wel geapprobeerde remedien, tegen veelderhande krancheden, wonden ende andere accidenten: met de maniere van distilleren, perfumeren, confituyren maecken, te verwen, coloeuren ende gieten.Amsterdam, Hendrick Laurensz., 1636. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Modern sheepskin.

PIEDMONT, Alexis of (Girolamo RUSCELLI). · 1500

€600.00 ($661.31 | £500.56 | ¥105,603)

260, [12]; 164, [11], [1 blank] pp.Rare sixth edition of the Dutch translation of an immensely popular book of secrets, compiled by Alexis of Piedmont. It is generally supposed that Piedmont is the pseudonym of the Italian humanist Girolamo Ruscelli (1500-1566), since Ruscelli...

Africae accurata tabula.[Amsterdam], Nicolas Visscher, [ca. 1690?]. Engraved double-page map (image size: 43.5 x 54 cm; leaf size: 51 x 60 cm), coloured by a contemporary hand. With title in a decorated cartouche on the top right flanked by two Africans and two putti and dedication to Gerardus Schaap in a decorated cartouche on the bottom left, with Schaap's coat of arms on top and flanked by mythical figures. Further illustrated with small ships and African animals (including lions, monkeys, rhinoceros and ostriches). In passepartout (56 x 66 cm).

[MAP - AFRICA]. VISSCHER, Nicolaas. · 1608

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

Second state of Visscher's engraved map of Africa, with the privilege added to the bottom right. It shows the whole continent of Africa, the southern Mediterranean coast and a substantial part of the Arabian Peninsula. Primarily the coastline is accurately depicted, with great...

Medicus euporistus duodecim medicamentorum generalium supellectile e materia passim obvia instructus ...The Hague, Guillaume de Voys, 1711. With 1 engraved plate. Title-page in red and black, with woodcut device. Contemporary calf with gold-tooled spine.

HERTODT, Matthias Franciscus ab. · 1647

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

[12], 9-170, [2] pp.First and only edition of a pharmaceutical work by Matthias Franciscus Hertodt (1647-1714). This book aims to give quick and simple remedies to some common diseases, and is intended for use on travels or in secluded areas; most diseases described are easily...

Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum.Venice, Johann Gabriel Hertz, 1707. 4 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With engraved title-page. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment.

MYNSICHT, Adrian von. · 1603

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

[8], 446 [=452], [52]; 162 [=168] pp.Third Venice edition of a medical work by the German alchemist Adrian von Mynsicht (1603-1638). "One of the most frequently reprinted works of medical pharmacy was the Thesaurus of Adrian Mynsicht (1603-1638), an M.D. of Helmstedt who becam...

Medicina spagyrica oder spagyrische Artzneykunst. In welcher I. Compendium Hermeticum, … II. Antidotarium chymicum, … III Jatrium chymicum, … mit Hinzuthuung Pharmacopoea chymica und Herbarii Hermetica zusammen gelesen, und in gewisse Ordnung gebracht. [Engraved title-page:] Medicina spagyrica tripartita.Frankfurt, Johann Hüttner, 1648. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece by Sebastian Furck (with his monogram at the foot), including portraits of Hermes Trismegistus and Arnaldus de Villa Nova. Contemporary vellum.

RHUMEL (RHUMELIUS), Johann Pharamund. · 1597

€3,250.00 ($3,582.09 | £2,711.36 | ¥572,014)

[60], 769, [23] pp.Rare first edition of a collection of three earlier published works of the German alchemist and physician Johann Pharamund Rhumel (1597-1661), translated into German and here incorporating information from two others. They all concern spagyric medicine, a te...

Putmans manuael, dat is een kleyn pest-boecxken ... gecorrigeert ende vermeerdert ...Antwerp, Marcelis Parijs, 1663 (colophon: 1662). 8vo. Later boards, covered with decorated paper.

PUTMAN, Eduardus and Abraham Lenertsz VROLINGH. · 1603

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

[2], 71, [8], [1 blank] pp.Third edition of a handbook on the plague, by Eduardus Putman, enlarged and improved by Abraham Lenertsz Vrolingh. The first edition was published in 1603 in Amsterdam, a second in 1646 in Zaandam. The present edition was most likely designed so that...

Enchiridion medicum oft medicyn boexken waer in verhandelt worden veel sieekten [!] die daghelyckx voorvallen, daer by de remedien om die te genesen ...Including:[CAPUEEL, Engelbert]. Eenige remedien die aengaen de chirurgie ofte uytwendige gebreken des lichaems.[CAPUEEL, Engelbert]. Clarius et majus lumen pharmacopaeorum. Dat is claerder en meerder licht der apothekers...Antwerp, Jean Francois Lucas, 1724. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With a general title-page, part 2 with a half-title and part 3 with it's own title-page. Contemporary tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.

[CAPUEEL, Engelbert]. · 1642

€425.00 ($468.43 | £354.56 | ¥74,802)

[16], 75, [5], 31, [1], 86, [2] pp.Very rare revised and enlarged second edition of a medical compendium by the Belgian pharmacist Capueel Engelbert (1642-1733). It contains a collection of medicines and remedies for common diseases and ailments, based on different sources as ...

[Declaration of financial and other documents received as incoming churchwarden of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Mechelen].[Mechelen], 27 December 1558. Oblong 4to (19 x 21.5 cm). A document written in dark brown ink on paper, with the opening words filled in afterwards in light brown ink and the signature in light brown ink.

[MANUSCRIPT]. DODOENS (DODONAEUS), Rembert. · 1517

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

[1] ll.An official declaration signed by the great botanist and physician Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585), acknowledging financial and other documents received in his new capacity as churchwarden of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul (now known as the old Pieterskerk) in his nati...

Enchiridion medicum oft medicyn boexken waer in ver-handelt worden veel sieckten die daghelijckx voor-vallen, daer by de remedien om die te genesen … den vyfden druck vermeerdert ende verbetert.Including:[CAPUEEL, Engelbert]. Eenige remedien die aen-gaen de chirurgie ofte uyt-wendige gebrecken des lichaems.[CAPUEEL, Engelbert]. Clarius et majus lumen pharmacopaeorum. Dat is claerder en meerder licht der apothekers...Antwerp, Conradus Ignatius van der Hey, 1734. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine.

[CAPUEEL, Engelbert]. · 1642

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

[16], 78, [6], 31, [1], 86, [2], [4 blank] pp.Very rare revised and enlarged fifth edition of a medical compendium by the Belgian pharmacist Engelbert Capueel (1642-1733). It contains a collection of medicines and remedies for common diseases and ailments, based on different s...

Gran Cairo.With: (2) Alessandria.Bologna, Longhi, 1670 [and 1670s]. 94.5 × 62 cm, 106.5 × 57.8 cm. Engraved views, each on 2 sheets joined; letterpress text pasted below with publisher's imprint. Both views matted, framed and glazed.

LONGHI, Gioseffo. · 1517

€48,000.00 ($52,904.74 | £40,044.77 | ¥8,448,203)

Unrecorded in the standard bibliographies and without counterpart in western libraries: unique, large-scale views of Cairo and Alexandria. The Muslim influence may be discerned in the people's clothing in the foreground as well as in both cities' architecture. On the river Nil...

Medicamentorum sylloge, propriae pharmacologiae exempla sistens in usum Academicarum praelectionum. Hanc editionem curavit Jacobus d’Ancona. Juxta exemplar Conimbrieense, ex Typographia Academico-Regia. A.C. MDCCLXXXVIII.Amsterdam, Johannes de Coster, 1791. 8vo. Mottled calf, gold-tooled spine.

TAVARES, Francisco. · 1750

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

VIII, 224, 7 pp.First and only Amsterdam edition, with additions, of an pharmacological and medical work by the famous Coimbra professor of medicine and pharmacology Franciscus Tavares (1750-1812), now edited by the Amsterdam Jewish physician Jacob d’Ancona (1739-1798) who add...

Pharmacopoeia extemporanea, sive praescriptorum chillias, … Editio nova.Including: FRAUNDORFFER, Philipp. Tabula smaragdina medico-pharmaceutica. CHRISTIAN, Wolfgang. Thesaurus Ludovicianus, sive compendium materiae med. selectum ex. B. Ludovici pharmacia.JACKSON, Joseph. Enchiridion medicum practicum, sive tractatus de morborum praxi.Venice, Francesco Pezzana, 1783. 8vo. 4 works published as 1. Contemporary tree calf, richly gold-tooled spine.

FULLER, Thomas. · 1701

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

XXXII, 264; 152; 71, [1 blank]; 103, [1 blank] pp.Very rare fourth(?) Venice edition of Fuller's popular pharmacopeia, first published in 1701. All Venice editions include three additional pharmaceutical works: a collection of recipes by Philipp Fraundorffer first published in...

[Incipit:] Incipit liber de venenis ...(Colophon: Venice, Bernardino Rizzo, 1492). Folio (42 x 28 cm). Set in in 2 columns in 2 sizes of rotunda gothic types, with spaces left for numerous 3-line and 4-line and a few larger initials (with printed guide letters), none filled in. Modern black- and gold-tooled calf.

ARDUINO, Sante. · 1424

€45,000.00 ($49,598.19 | £37,541.97 | ¥7,920,190)

[4], 101, [1] ll.First edition of a work on poisons, compiled by Sante Arduino (or Ardoini) of Pesaro: an “elaborate compendium on poisons in eight books which Sante Ardoini of Pesaro compiled in the years, 1424-1426, from Greek, Arabic and Latin works on medicine and nature, ...

Naturalis historiae opus ... (Colophon: Cologne, Eucharius Cervicornus, 1524). Folio. With both the title page and part-title in a decorated woodcut border in four pieces, further with decorated woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Late 16th of early 17th-century gold tooled calf, with a red morocco title label on the spine, lettered in gold.

PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius. · 1468

€22,500.00 ($24,799.10 | £18,770.98 | ¥3,960,095)

[16], 311, [60] ll.First edition of Pliny’s Natural history as edited by Johannes Caesarius (1468-1550), a humanist and close friend of Erasmus. Pliny's Natural history is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day and purports to ...

Der Orientteppich[:] seine Geschichte und seine Kultur.Berlin, Scarabaeus (colophon: Dr. Selle & Co.), 1922. 3 volumes (26 x 26 cm). The text volume with colour-printed frontispiece, 28 plates numbered I-XXII (13 colour-printed), 139 numbered and 14 unnumbered illustrations in text, and a folding map; the two plate volumes with a total of 120 colour-printed plates mounted on grey-black paper. Original publisher's cloth.

GROTE-HASENBALG, Werner.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

XVI, [2 blank], 228, [8] pp. (text)First edition of an extensively illustrated work on carpets and rugs primarily from Turkey and Persia, in three volumes. The first volume contains the general text, giving a description of the 120 colour-printed plates of carpets and rugs. Th...