As Mover states (Geschiehto der l.otanik, 



Tii. •;•■• i- M-. -eparate title-page, the title being at tl 

 head of the first column, the whole work being beautifully printed 

 double columns, on paper of admirable quality. It runs : — 



gatus 1 liH.licii- simplieib' Trasla- 

 to Symois Ianiiesis interpte Abraa 

 iudeo tortuosiesi <le arabieo I latinu 

 Inquit Serapion. 

 This first edition was printed at Milan, as recorded at the end : — 

 Opus Impressum Ml'i Per Antiiium Zarotum Parmesem Anno domini 

 Mcceelxxiii Die Mercufi iiii August. There were several editions, 

 but the first appears to be exceedingly rare. Indeed, neither Pritzel 

 nor Dryander mentions it. Dryamler '(( 'at. IJibl. Banks., i. p. 277) 

 enumerates only a Venetian edition of 1552. Pritzel gives only the 

 Brunt'el's edition, published at Strassburg in 1531. This, according to 

 Meyer, is the editiuii usually cited, as it is easier 10 read and has an 

 index, which is wanting in previous editions. The first edition is a 

 small folio of 370 page-, not numbered: and the sheets have no signa- 

 ls difficult to ascertain 



■' Das Destillier Buch das liuoch der reehten Kunst zu distiliiren," 

 a curious bcok in this collection, tirst appeared in 1500, and again in 

 1505, under a somewhat difieivnt title ; and another edition -,sa> published 

 in 1512. The edition in [the Hanbmy gift was printed in 1515. The 

 :itle-page and pail of the preface ar.- wanting in this copy, and here and 

 there aleaf is imperfect, otherwise it is in excellent condition. Appended 



ed. l. 



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jondon by ,'Iohn I >;:ie. dwelling ever A Idersgate, beneath 

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