Medicinalium observationum exempla rara, recognita & aucta [...].

8vo: [32]-367 (= 397) pp. (local browning, some ink underlinings, light waterstain in 1st half).

Mod. half vellum, marbl. paper on covers, red leather title label. Good copy.

First edition of this collection of smaller works on rare diseases by Dodoens and other medical authors such as Ant. Benivienus, M. Cornax, Valesco de Tarenta, etc. This is the very first work ever on the subject, treating some 200 rare afflictions known in the 16th c., including kidney stones, epilepsy, mania with melancholia, scurvy and twins (!). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. Wellcome I:1822. - Durling 1179. - Adams D-720. - VD-16 D-2132. - USTC 690574. - BL. - Bn-Opale plus.