PRAELECTIONES PATAVINAE, DE COGNOSCENDIS ET CURANDIS HUMANI CORPORIS AFFECTIBUS: In quibus praeter alia, quae partim ad Praxim in re Medica exercendam, partim ad uberiorem eruditionem comparandam plurimum conferunt, gravissimae quoque Theoriae difficultates enodantur. Olim inscio, et tanquam defuncto auctore editae, Sed postea . recognitae, emendatae, & tertia parte auctae, Opera, ac Studio Guglielmi Athenii Bruxellensis . Cum Privilegiis Senatus Veneti, & aliorum Principum.

Mercurialis, Hieronymus, Foroliviensis [Girolamo Mercuriale (1530-1606)] [edited] Guglielmus[sic] Athenius

Published by Juntae (Giunta), Venice, 1627

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Titlepage with red and black printer's device the Florentine red lily in a decorated frame, head- and tail-pieces and printed side notes + decorative initials. Folio disbound [xxviii] +644pp [the last leaf in facsimile] Preliminaries include bibliographic references and index. The titlepage is counted in the preliminaries and is handsomely printed in red and black in both text and printer's device. There is also a Royal College of Surgeons Library blindstamp to titlepage and the next two leaves. Though missing the covers the book block is tight with the first two and last two gatherings glued into the spine. There are side notes throughout directing the reader to the cause of the illness, the cure and the prognosis etc. etc. Not a common book, only one on line for sale and it is missing pages, plus one sold at ABPC [in 1981].This italian author wrote several books but his most famous is the ARTE GYMNASTICA. 1 volume. Seller Inventory # V75407

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Title: PRAELECTIONES PATAVINAE, DE COGNOSCENDIS ET ...

Publisher: Juntae (Giunta), Venice

Publication Date: 1627

Condition: Good

Book Type: Disbound