Croll (Oswald) Basilica Chymica…, 3 parts in 1, engraved pictorial title by Aeigidius Sadeler with portraits of Hermes Trismegistus, Paracelsus and other notable figures, woodcut illustrations, tail-pieces and intials, browned, some water-staining, top corner of title and first 2 preliminary ff. with short worm trace, (:)2 with small ownership ink stamp to upper margin, modern speckled calf, [Duveen p.150; Ferguson I p.185; Wellcome 1673], 4to, Frankfurt, Impensis Godefridi Tampachii, [1611].

*** Rare undated reissue of the 1609 edition. Croll was an exponent of Paracelsus. The work is divided into three parts (a preface on the doctrines of Paracelsus, the main treatise on pharmacy and therapeutics and a treatise on signatures) and describes individual preparations and their applications in great detail.

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