(1557). ULSTADT (Philippe). COELUM PHILOSOPHORUM, SEU LIBER - Lot 298

(1557). ULSTADT (Philippe). COELUM PHILOSOPHORUM, SEU LIBER DE SECRETIS NATURAE. Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1557. Large volume in-16 of 431-1bl.-13-1bl. pages, marbled calf, gilt lace, smooth spine (17th century binding). This rare book by the great Freiburg alchemist and Nuremberg physician contains the true principles of Hermetic philosophy. It is also a complete treatise on the art of distillation. It is decorated with 66 woodcuts, including 14 full-page ones depicting philosophical furnaces, retorts, athanors and other utensils used by alchemists. Ex-libris Joseph Tardy and Alvaro Pérez Osorio, Count of Altamira and Duke of Sesa, Marquis of Astorga (label). Worn binding. (Dorbon 4993, ed. 1572) (Caillet, 10914) (Baudrier, IX, 237-238) (USTC 152219).