Theophrastus Paracelsus Naturliches Zauber-Magazin: worinnen als in einem Auszug aus dessen Schriften allerley zur Lust und Nutzen, insbesondere aber auch Oekonomische Kunsten, u. bewahrt erfundene Curen an Menschen u. Vieh enthalten sind, zum allgemeinen Nutzen herausgegeben.

Frankfurt & Leipzig:: 1779, 1779. 8vo. [IV], 246, [20] pp. Engraved frontispiece, title-vignette (showing a bunch of grapes), woodcut head & tailpieces, index; title & final leaf each reinforced at hinge with white tape, frontispiece is mounted on the adjoining newer free endsheet; waterstains. Later quarter vellum, boards, vellum tips; some staining to upper cover, upper joint cracked. Good. Paracelsus' Natural Magic Magazine: containing, as an extract from his writings, all sorts of things for pleasure and benefit, but especially economic arts, and proven cures for humans and animals, published for the general benefit. / This is an alchemical (truncated) recipe book of concoctions for a myriad of needs, some agricultural, for using specific plants, for medicinal cures, treatments, etc., each based on the writings of Paracelsus. A random sampling: p. 46 On the problem of caterpillars and how to prevent them from eating away your fruit trees. p. 36. How to catch large and small mice. p. How to fatten geese to give them large livers, to make foie gras. p. 132. To remove stains from clothes. p. 150. How to give wine a sweet taste. p. 194 How to cultivate/make wine in the autumn. p. 210. Against the red aphid and fire. p. 162 The Queen's lemonade. p.---. How to make paper. p. 80. How to make beer (pp. 176 + more). A lot of attention is given to colors (farben). / "Das Buch ist eine Sammlung von allerlei Zauberkunsten, Recepten fur Menschen u. Thiere, gegen Ungeziefer, Hausmitteln u. s. w., auch sympathetischen Mitteln". - Spatere Ausgabe (erstmals 1771 erschienen). – Erste u. letzte Bll. im Zuge der Neubindung im Falz verstarkt, in den Randern gebraunt, feuchtfleckig, Titel starker u. zudem angestaubt, insgesamt wohlerhalten. PROVENANCE: Koller auction, 18 March 2015, lot 275. REFERENCES: Graesse, Bibl. magica 49; Sudhoff 465. (Inventory #: TK0066)