KORNMANN, Heinrich.

Templum Naturae Historicum...in quo, De Natura et Miraculis Quatuor Elementorum; Ignis, Aeris, Aquae Terrae, ita disseritur...

334 pp. 8vo, cont. vellum over boards (a few signatures browned due to the quality of the paper). Darmstadt: J.J. Porssio, 1611. First edition of this scarce book on the "miracles of the four elements." Kornmann (d. ca. 1620), studied law and then travelled throughout France and Italy. He returned to Frankfurt where he established himself as a lawyer and wrote several other books on the "miracles of the living," "miracles of the dead," and "miracles of virginity." "The work on the miracles of the four elements has the alternative title, Historical Temple of Nature, and is largely drawn from antiquated authors. Not only are the elements still four, but comets are still exhalations in the supreme region of air. Tides, however, are attributed to the moon...Besides miracles of each element, there are alphabetical treatments of birds, quadrupeds, mountains, bodies of water, forests, gardens, trees, herbs, flowers, fruits, cities, temples, towers, bridges, and so on, passing from the realm of nature to that of art."­Thorndike, VII, p. 280. Fine copy with the Nordkirchen bookplate. Caillet 5831. Ferchl, p. 283­(knowing of the 1666 ed. only).

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