De natura lib(ri) V.

8vo: [12]-180 ff. (toned, bottom margin dampstained) [bound with] ID. - De arte dicendi. Ibidem, 1573. 8vo: [8]-66 (= 64) ff.

Old limp vellum, a rubricated fragment of a Latin Missal (ties gone). Very good copy.

1. 1st ed. of a textbook on philosophy and science (incl. astrology and alchemy) by the Louvain professor Biesius (1516-1573). Ref. BT 5271. - Adams B-2032. - Pettegree NB 5111. - STC Dutch (BL) 35. 2. Treatise on eloquence and rhetoric. Woodcut mark on title. Ref. BT 5270. - Adams B-2030. - STC Dutch 35. Prov. On 1st title ownership entry and stamp "Cartusiae Buxheim", i.e. the famous Charterhouse of Memmingen (Bavaria).