Prosper Alpini (116 results)

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Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 3rd revised ed, first published in 1601 (Garrison & Morton 2194), (xviii) 576 (44)pp, title printed in red and black (minor soiling), contemporary full speckled calf, worn (particularly to corners), gilt decorated spine, marbled endpapers, some stains and browning, early ownership inscription on front endpaper, small 4to (16x20.5cm).

2 Bde. 8°. III-XVI (Vortitel fehlend), 392 S. - (2 Bl.), 635 S. Pappbände der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung (bes. Bd. 1 berieben und bestoßen). Unterschiedliche Einbände. Bd. 1 mit umlaufendem Rot-, Bd. 2 mit Grünschnitt. Bd. 1 auf einzelnen Seiten geringfügig fleckig, von S. 121-200 mit kleinem Feuchtigkeitsrand in der oberen Außenecke. Sonst beide Bde. in äußerst schöner Erhaltung. Sprache: Latein.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 416. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1746 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 416 Volume 1.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 440. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1746 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 Language: English Pages: 440 Volume 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The presages of life and death in diseases in seven books, in which the whole Hippocratic method of predicting the various terminations and events of diseases is.illustrated.By Prosper Alpinus.Translated from the last Leyden edition, revised and published by GAubius, at the request of Dr. Boerhaave. By R. James. London: Printed for G. Strahan and J. Clarke; S. Birt; D. Browne; and J. Hodges, 1746. Note: Title page and leaf ii are lacking from Vol. 1. All original.Leather boards have usual scuffing. Spines and titles are very nice. Ex private library. Scans available. Extra shipping required.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in contemporary vellum. Good binding and cover. xvi, 286, 31 pages : portrait.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. In-4.; Reliure plein cuir en très bel état, nerfs et caissons dorés très frais au dos, quelques usures sur les plats et au bord des plats; coupes rouges, intérieur très bon y compris le portrait frontispice comme neuf; 559 pages; rousseurs sur l'index uniquement à la fin du livre; très bel exemplaire.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Combined Edition. Contemporary vellum (soiled), hand-lettered spine. Title page lightly stained; tiny wormhold through textblock, occasionally touching a letter; light stain in some inner corners and lower margins.

4to. (16), 344 pp. Engraved architectural title with portraits of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, 145 finely etched and engraved botanical plates in the text, ornamental initials. Contemporary blind-tooled calf with gilt spine. Edges sprinkled red. Third edition (in fact, a re-issue with changed title page date only) of Alpini's further observations on exotic plants. The specimens here presented were collected primarily in Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean, including many xerophilous plants from Egypt and scores of plants not mentioned in earlier works. The first edition was published posthumously in 1627 and was edited by the author's son, Alpini Alpini. The work (in all its editions) is much rarer than the author's better-known "De plantis Aegyptii". "Date altered by hand [from 1629] to MDCLVI" (Krivatsy). - Prospero Alpini (1553-1617), an Italian physician and botanist, travelled through Greece, Crete, and Egypt from 1580 to 1583 with the Venetian Consul Giorgio Eno. He worked as a medical advisor and took the opportunity to carry out botanical investigations. His work includes the first European recognition of the medicinal value of coffee and introduced banana and baobab. "Alpini became professor of botany at Padua after having spent three years in Egypt" (Garrison/M., p. 992). - Binding rebacked, showing some light wear to extremeties, but a good, clean copy. Provenance: removed from the Large Library at Goodwood House (Chichester, West Sussex) with bookplate on front pastedown; latterly in the collection of Cornelius J. Hauck (his tree bookplate dated 15 March 1944). - Nissen BBI 21. Krivatsy 241 (copy 2). Cf. Pritzel 112. Not in Wellcome, Waller, or Osler.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book, from the sixteenth century, provides an in-depth guide to predicting the course of an illness based on observable symptoms. Its author, a prominent Renaissance physician, draws on classical Greek medicine, particularly the works of Hippocrates and Galen, to offer detailed analysis of bodily functions â" breathing, pulse, and digestion â" and how changes in these functions can reveal a patient's prognosis. The author uses compelling case studies to illustrate his diagnostic techniques, offering an invaluable text for medical practitioners of the time. This book would be a valuable addition to any medical library or personal bookshelf for those fascinated by the history of medicine. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - De Medicina Aegyptiorum, Volumes 1-2, by Prosper Alpini, explores the medical practices and knowledge of ancient Egypt. Written in Latin, this comprehensive work delves into the historical context of Egyptian medicine, offering insights into the remedies, treatments, and understanding of the human body prevalent in that era. Alpini's detailed examination provides a valuable resource for understanding the roots of modern medicine and the sophistication of ancient medical techniques. This historical text is essential for scholars and anyone interested in the history of medicine and ancient Egyptian culture.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1612 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 38 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: Latin.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1718 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 165 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 165.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1591 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 86 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 86 Language: Latin.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1619 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 120 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 120 Language: French.

1st Edition. First edition, title page corrected at lines 6-8 (as per Mortimer). With 2 full-page woodcuts, and others in text; title page vignette, ornamental initials throughout. [12], 150, [25] leaves. 1 vols. 4to in 8s (245 x 174mm.). The "first important work on the history of Egyptian medicine. Alpini became professor of botany at Padua after having spent three years (1581-3) in Egypt" (Garrison-Morton). He was the physician top the Venetian consul at Cairo. Alpini's next book, De plantis Aegypti (1592), contains the first discussion and illustration of coffee, in European scientific literature (early sources often cite in error the present work as the first mention of coffee). Alpini does discuss the use and effects of cannabis (f. 121). Garrsison-Morton 6468; Biblotheca Osleriana 1796; Durling 178; Garrison-Morton 6468; Hunt 161; Mortimer/Harvard Italian 16; Norman 39; Adams A-802; Wellcome 232; Simon, Bibl. Bacchia II, 42; Mueller 5; STC/Italian 20 Old limp vellum, later cloth label. Usual light soiling. Some dampstaining to bottom corner margin in gatherings L-R. Early marginal notes on three leaves (47v, 48v, 103r). Ownership signatures of Giuseppi Nedili and Jeome Coli at foot of title page. Bookplate of Otto Orren Fisher With 2 full-page woodcuts, and others in text; title page vignette, ornamental initials throughout. [12], 150, [25] leaves. 1 vols. 4to in 8s (245 x 174mm.) First edition, title page corrected at lines 6-8 (as per Mortimer).

4to (166 x 210 mm). Two parts in one volume. (20), 248, (12) pp. (8), 70, 73-146, (2), 151-306, (26) pp. (omitting ff. I4 [pp. 71f.] and T2 [pp. 147f.], as usual.) Title-pages printed in red and black. With 102 (8 folding) engraved plates. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. First collected edition of Alpini's major work on Egyptian plant and animal life. The first part, often referred to as "Rerum Aegyptiarum", is published here for the first time, while the second part, "Plantis Aegypti", first appeared in 1592 and is here supplemented with notes and observations by the author's successor, Johann Vesling. - Alpini (1553-1617) was trained in medicine in Padua and appointed physician to the Venetian Consul in Alexandria, Giorgio Eno, with whom he travelled through Greece, Crete, and Egypt from 1580 to 1583. During this time he made extensive studies of Egyptian and Mediterranean flora, and is reputed to be the first to have artificially fertilized date trees. Upon his return to Venice, in 1586, he became personal physician to Andre Doria, Prince of Melfi. He returned to Padua in 1593 and became a professor of botany and director of the botanical garden at the University of Padua, where he cultivated many of the plants referred to in "Plantis Aegypti". This, "the earliest treatise on the native plants of Egypt" and "the author's most important scientific work" (Hünersdorff), contains the first European recognition of the medicinal value of coffee (with the first European illustration of the coffee plant, labelled "Bon") and introduced bananas and baobab to Europe. Vesling took over the botanical gardens at Padua University upon Alpini's death, in 1617. - Plates 3 and 4 in first part bound between pp. 172f. in second part. Binding shows minor splitting along front joint, old soiling to rear board. Light scattered soiling in rear leaves. - Blackmer 27. Blake I, 12. Wellcome II, 36. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 32. Cole, Eales Library 301. Gay 1678. Hünersdorff I, 33. Henze I, 57. Nissen (BBI) 20. Pritzel 113. Paulitschke 716. Wood 188. DG 3.6360 (pt. 1) & 3.6356 (pt. 2). Cf. Howgego I, A 69. Hunt 164 & Mueller 5. Not in Nissen (ZBI) and Wilbour Library Cat.

Condition: Good. Contemp. limp vellum with early title in calligraphic script to spine (lightly waterstained). 2 parts in 1 vol. with separate titles, the main printed in red and black with woodcut device, floriated initials and decorative head- and tailpieces, 2 full-page woodcuts and other text illustrations.[14]pp; 150 numbered leaves; [50pp. index]; [2pp.]; 39 numbered leaves; [2pp.] Partially browned, a few leaves misnumbered, front pastedown wormed, scattered spotting and foxing, early inscription at rear. Alpini, an Italian physician and botanist, graduated from Padua and traveled through Greece, Crete, and Egypt from 1580 to 1583. Following his travels, he returned to Padua where he remained as professor of botany and director of the botanical garden until his death. This work was one of several books that resulted from his travels and is a comprehensive account of medicine as it was practiced in Egypt.While in Egypt Alpini studied its plant life ; his work, De plantis Aegypti liber, includes over seventy full-page illustrations of Egyptian plants, among them the earliest representations of the coffee and cotton plants. Also included in this work is Alpini's, De balsam, which sets forth, in the form of a dialogue between an Egyptian and a Hebrew physician, the merits and uses of balsam.OCLC Number: 863430430, for the 1645 edition, the e year before. auf deustch: TitelbeschreibungDe Medicina Aegyptiorvm Libri Quatuor, et . De Medicina Indorum. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. 1 Titel in Rot u. Schwarz mit Holzschnitt-Vignette, -Initialen, Kopf- u. Schlussvignetten, 2 Holzschnitttafeln u. -Textillustr. Paris, G. Pele & J. Duval, 1646. 7 Bl., 150 S., 26 Bl., 39 S., 1 Bl. Gr.-8°. Pgt. d. Zt. mit hs. kalligr. RTitel (leicht wasserfleckig). Annotation Deutsch Prosper Alpini (1553-1617), Arzt und Botaniker, war 1580 Arzt in Kairo, ab 1584 Marine-Arzt auf der Flotte des Andrea Doria. Später Professor der Botanik und Direktor des Botanischen Gartens in Padua. - Tls. gebräunt, braun- u. stockfleckig, vord. Innendeckel mit Wurmspur, einige Bl. falsch paginiert, hint. fl. Vorsatz mit Marginalie.

4to. 2 parts in one vol. (4), XX, 410 pp., final blank f. (2), 20 pp. With engraved portrait of the author, woodcut title vignette, and woodcut printer's device (Aldus's dolphin and anchor) on half-title. - (Bound with) II: Hippocrates. Aphorismi, ad mentem ipsius, artis usum, & corporis mechanismi rationem expositi. Auctore Joanne Hecquet. A Parisiana editione editio prima. Naples, Felix Musca for Giuseppe Ponzelli, 1731. (8), XV, (1), 336 pp. Contemporary calf with labels to giltstamped spine. All edges sprinkled in red. Marbled pastedowns. Later edition of this "classic treatise on prognosis based on Hippocrates' writings" (Eimas). Prosper Alpini (1553-1617) was personal physician to the Doge Andrea Doria; he spent three years in Egypt as a botanist and published the first scientific description of the coffee plant. - Title page has 1744 ms. ownership and Budapest library stamps. - II: Rare Neapolitan edition of Hippocrates' Aphorisms: Greek text and Latin translation with an extensive Latin commentary. Slight edge defects to title; contemp. ms. ownership. - Traces of bookplates on pastedowns; white-out on flyleaf. Slightly browned due to paper; noticeable worming to spine-ends. - I: Blake 12. Osler 1801. Wellcome II, 36. Cf. Eimas 386. Garrison/Morton 2194 (1601 first ed.). - II: Blake 213. Wellcome III, 272. This edition not in Hoffmann or Schweiger.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1735 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 336 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 336 Volume 2 Alpini, Prosper, 1553-1617.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1640 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 323 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 323.