1759.1 Giovanni Battista NAZARI. Della tramutatione metallica sogni tre... 4° in Brescia: appresso Francesco et Piet. Maria Marchetti fratelli 1572 Ferguson British Library [Illustrations:- 1. p2 of preliminary material. Woodcut. 116x79mm. Within an ornate frame a shoot grows from a seed towards the Sun. Around it is entwined the text "labore et fato", and below "dell' autore". 2. p8 Woodcut. 156x108mm. A classical column or pillar has a text inscribed on it. 3. p11 Woodcut. 151x93mm. A statue of Mercury wearing his winged helmet but without feet or hands, stands upon a cubical plinth which set into a rectangular basin of water in which various reeds grow up. 4. p16 Woodcut. 150x92mm. A donkey sits upon a basin playing a flute, while a troop of monkeys linking hands in a circle dance around. A cornucopia is used as a handle to the basin, and a liquid pours out through a little pipe in the side. 5. p23 Woodcut. 79x87mm. Two men sit conversing on rocks beneath two trees. 6. p40 Woodcut. 85x94mm. A man lies on the ground looking towards a tree on top of which a bird perches. 7. p54 Woodcut. 158x107mm. A classical column or pillar, as in item 2, has a text inscribed on it. 8. p47 Woodcut. A reprinting of item 6. 9. p61 Woodcut. A reprinting of item 6. 10. p70 Woodcut. 152x100mm. 30 versions of the letter 'A' in various alphabets, arranged in a grid of 5x6. 11. p71 Woodcut. 76x100mm. 15 versions of the letter 'A' in various alphabets, arranged in a grid of 3x6, continuing item 10. 12. p73 Woodcut. 85x94mm. Reprinting of item 6. 13. p80 Woodcut. Reprinting of item 5. 14. p94 Woodcut. Reprinting of item 5. 15. p121 Woodcut. Reprinting of item 2 of 1564 edition. 16. p130 Woodcut. 156x108mm. A classical column or pillar, as in items 2 and 7, has a text inscribed on it. 17. p146 Woodcut. Reprinting of item 3 of 1564 edition. 18. p153 Woodcut. Reprinting of item 5. Each of the 26 chapters are headed by very fine woodcut initial letters, which depict scenes from clasical mythology.]