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tipped in: ‘II Clavis... on p. 34 about Harvey demonstrating absence of interventricular
pores and Fludd watching over his shoulders’.
This copy of the Clavis is bound after Fludd, Summum bonum, quod est
verum Magiae, Cabalae, Alchymiae Verae, Fratrum Roseae Crucis verorum,
(Frankfurt, 1629. Folio: AA–GG 4 , 28 leaves, pp. 53, i.e. 55, 37–38 repeated,
[1]. Large engraved device on title, woodcut headpieces and initials). This is
part 3 only of Medicina Catholica (Frankfurt, 1629–1631).
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FLuDD, Robert (1574–1637)
Philosophia moysaica. In qua sapientia & scientia creationis &
creaturarum sacra veréque Christiana.
Gouda: excudebat Petrus Rammazenius, bibliopola, 1638.
Folio: ( * ) 4 A–2N4 , 148 leaves, V. [4] 152 (i.e. 144, V. 97–111 numbered
as pages). Half­title/explanation of the title­engraving on ( * )1, main
title on ( * )2, sectional title on R2. Large engraving on general title,
with another state of the same engraving, cut down and with
lettering added, on sectional title, 4 further engravings in the
text (on V. 4r, 52v/53r, the same engraving repeated, 66r and
78v); woodcut headpieces, woodcut diagrams and illustrations.
[second part:]
Responsum ad Hoplocrisma­spongum M. Fosteri
presbiteri, ab ipso, ad unguenti amarii validitatem
delendam ordinatum, hoc est, Spongiae M. Fosteri
Presbyteri expressio seu elisio. In qua virtuosa spongiae
ipsius potestas in detergendo unguentum armarium.
Gouda: excudebat Petrus Rammazenius, bibliopola, 1638.
Folio: A–G4 H2 (H2+1), 31 leaves, V. 30 [1], errata for both
works on last leaf. Woodcut printer’s device on title, woodcut
headpieces.
319 x 205mm. A Wne tall copy with some deckle edges showing
in the lower margin.
Binding: Contemporary vellum boards.
Provenance: Early signature ‘Garuw’[?] in an early hand on
pastedown, and shelfmark ‘Hw.12’ on free endleaf and a note on
title ‘fort rare vid. Clemont[?] T. 3. pag. 379 seq.’ (nineteenthcentury);
Pagel’s pencil note on free endleaf, ‘On Systole &
Diastole and the Heart fol. 81 seq’.
First edition of the Wrst part; the second part is a translation
of Doctor Fludds answer unto M. Foster or, The squeesing of
Parson Fosters sponge (London, 1631). The errata leaf at the
end is for both works. An English translation of Philosophia
Moysaica was published in 1659. Krivatsy 4140 and 4137;
Wellcome 2331; Manly Hall Collection 67; Caillet 4036;
Ferguson I, p. 283–284.