Live auction - Lot 404
[Medicine]
Tractatus physico-medicus de homine [...].
Naples, F. Mosca for B. Gessari, 1722
Hammer price: €
80
€ 120 / 180
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Lot description
4to: portr.-[8]-608 pp.; 38 pl. (first quire loose, pl. 37 in 2 pieces of which 1 loose, dampstaining and spotting throughout).
Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (corners bumped, front cover almost loose, lower joint rubbed and starting to split, def. at head and tail).
Second edition and main work by the Dutch philosopher, physician and Cartesian Craanen (1620-1689). Ill. (complete) with an engr. portrait and 38 engr. fold. pl.
Ref. Wellcome II:403. - Lindeboom 381-2.
Prov. Ms. entry on reverse of the portrait. - Bibliothecae Hafflighemsensis, 1785 (ms. entry on title).