Live auction - Lot 1128
[Medicine]
Idea universae medicinae practicae libris VIII. absoluta.
Amsterdam, L. Elzevier, 1644
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
12mo: [12]-759-[13] pp.
Contemp. reddish leather over wood, covers with gilt central ornament and gilt ruled border, gilt spine (def. at head), 1 clasp preserved, binding filled up with blank paper. Good copy.
Rare first edition of a general theory of medicine by the Polish scholar and physician descended from Scottish nobility J. Jonston (1603-1675). Ill. with an engr. title.
Ref. Krivatsy 6258. - Wellcome II:365. - Willems 1012. - Rahir 1011. - Berghman 579. - STCN. - BnF. - COPAC. - Not in BMN.
Prov. Stamp on title.