287.1 Giambattista [Giovanni Battista] BIRELLI.
Opere. Tomo primo, nel qual si tratta dell'alchimia, suoi membri utili, curiosi, et dilettevoli. Con la vita d'Hermete. Con due tavole, L'una de' Capitoli, & l'altra della cose notabili.
4° Fiorenza: G. Marescotti 1601
Ferguson Nat Union Cat British Library Wisconsin
[Illustrations:-
1. Engraved titlepage. 216x157mm. On the left a woman nourishes four children by streams of milk from her breasts. On the right a woman holds a torch and a baton.
2. p20 Woodcut. 146x110mm. Square furnace with distilling flasks.
3. p22 Woodcut. 146x110mm. Square furnace with distilling flasks.
4. p27 Woodcut. 147x108mm. Various flasks and still heads.
5. p31 Woodcut. 141x109mm. Round furnace with two triangular crucibles on the ground beside it.
6. p32 Woodcut. 111x75mm. Distillation occuring in flask heated by the Sun.
7. p33 Woodcut. 112x78mm. Distillation occuring in flask heated by the Sun.
8. p36 Woodcut. 146x107mm. Round furnace with water-bath vessel beside it.
9. p38 Woodcut. 148x112mm. Furnace with four corner towers upon which are set various alembics and stills.
10. p46 Woodcut. 145x106mm. A round furnace lies open, with the cover of a waterbath pulled aside. On the ground beside are a flask and a conical still head.
11. p48. Woodcut. 151x114mm. On the left a flask with high still head is set upon a rectangular furnace, while on the right a flask with similar still head is set in a water bath on a round furnace.
12. p50 Woodcut. 147x110mm. Various items of apparatus.
13. p79 Woodcut. 152x112mm. Distillation on square furnace collected by cooling by means of condenser in a barrel.
14. p102 Woodcut. 148x108mm. Distillation on square furnace collected by cooling by means of condenser in a barrel.
15. p107 Woodcut. 146x108mm. In a large hall, a square furnace lies open. Two bowls or vessels lie beside it.
16. p109 Woodcut. 145x107mm. Flask on table, with filtration apparatus and flask set on a round furnace.
17. p156 Woodcut. 149x114mm. In the formal garden in front of a large house a man places a conical section upon a plinth.
18. p170 Woodcut. 144x111mm. Flask in a waterbath upon a round furnace.
19. p213 Woodcut. 170x131mm. Hermes Trismegistus depicted as a bearded man leaning upon a sword. In oval frame.
20. p215 Woodcut. 145x108mm. The plant Borissa.
21. p217 Woodcut. 142x107mm. The plant Celidonia.
22. p551 Woodcut, reprinting item 19.]