[Rarebooks] FS: Eremita's very rare book of recipes for "The Elixir of Life". Naples: 1624

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Eremita, Donato d' (or, Donato d'Eremita). DELL'ELIXIR VITAE. Libri 
Quattro. Naples: Secondino Roncagliolo. 1624. Folio. (12),182pp. plus 19 full page 
copper engraved plates of distillation equipment, furnaces, and various 
alchemical experiments in progress, and an ornate copper engraved title page. 
Bound in full dark green levant morocco by Belz-Niedre (circa 1875). A.e.g. 
With the small leather bookplate of Robert Hoe, and the bookplate of T. J. 
Coolidge Jr.     $25,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
A very rare book on the recipes for "the Elixir of Life", processes of 
distillation, the use of medicinal plants, and alchemical practices. See 
Duveen's BIBLIOTHECA ALCHEMICA ET CHEMICA, p. 176 for a discussion. He ends his 
annotation with, "the fact that this striking book has escaped the researchers 
of most of the bibliographies must be due to its rarity." Included by Simon 
in his BIBLIOTHECA GASTRONOMICA, #482. One copy has appeared at auction in 
the last 30 years of ABPC.

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