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Antoine Mizauld

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Medicine.- Mizauld (Antoine) Memorabilium aliquot naturae arcanorum sylvula, rerum variarum sympathias et antipathias, seu naturales concordias et discordias, 2 parts in 1, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, 2pp. advertisements for books by Mizauld at end, closely trimmed at head, just touching some headlines, title lightly soiled, H1 short tear to lower corner, with minor loss, occasional spotting, lightly browned, early 19th English calf, corners worn, rubbed, [Caillet III, 7612; Ferguson, Books of Secrets, IV, 5; cf. Wellcome I, 4352 (1558) and 4368 (1592); Durling 3189 (1592); Ferguson II, 97 (1592.)], small 8vo, Paris, Jacques Kerver, 1554. ⁂ A rare little edition of this medical, astrological and pharmacological work. Includes herbs and plants and their relation to each other and planetary movements, and notes on the corruption process of a corpse when it is struck by lightning.