Rare Book: 16th Century, Illustrated With Alchemy "the Books Of Hierosme Cardanus", Milanese Doctor

The exceptional of all rarity this book in a large volume in 12, "The Books of Hierosme Cardanus", Milanese Doctor, entitled of Subtlety, and subtle inventions, together the occult causes and reasons for them, translated from Latin into French by Richard le Blanc. Newly revised, corrected and augmented on the last Latin copy of the Author, and enriched with several necessary figures. In Paris for Pierre Cavelat, rue Saint-Jacques, under the sign of the shield of Florence. 1584. A very complete rarity decorated with woodcut figures in the text, vignette on the title, and on the endpaper vignette of affiliation "Bibliothèque de Paul Gavelle (251). Full calfskin binding, ribbed spine, red morocco title, marbled endpapers, "Crests of arms in red morocco inlaid on the covers".