Aditus novus ad occultas sympathiae et antipathiae causas inveniendas Per Principia Philosophiae naturalis, ex Fermentorum artificiosa Anatomia hausta
Tubingae: Johannis Henrici Reisii, 1660. Vellum. Vellum covered boards with inked titlee on upper spine. 216 pp, followed by two blanks. Good+, title-page is tender with a tear of 1/4" coming up from the base through the publisher's line. Item #175176
Text is entirely in Latin. A small book (12mo) measuring 3 3/16" x 5 5/16. From Hartung and Hartung Auctions: "Rattray's biography is meagre... He was apparently a Forfarshire man, connected with an old family of Rattray. He was probably the person who matriculated in arts or philosophy at St. Andrews... in 1641, graduated in 1644 and studied medicine and graduated in it at a foreign university. In 1652 he was a doctor of physic when his marriage is recorded; and he settled in Glasgow in 1657, when the evidence of his degree was examined by a committee of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1658 the book on Sympathy, dedicated to Scot of Scotstarvet, was printed by Andrew Anderson at Glasgow..." (Ferg.).
OCLC: 6749408
Price: $750.00