GIOVANNI MICHELE SAVONAROLA (BEFORE 1385-1466): Practica canonica de febribus. Io. Michaelis Savonarolae. Eiusdem de pulsibus. Urinis. Egestionibus. Vermibus. Balneis omnius Italiae. Index cum Capitum…

GIOVANNI MICHELE SAVONAROLA (BEFORE 1385-1466) Practica canonica de febribus. Io. Michaelis Savonarolae. Eiusdem de pulsibus. urinis. Egestionibus. Vermibus. Balneis omnius Italiae. Index cum Capitum, tum rerum omnium, scitu dignarum, quae in hoc opere continentur. Caesaris Optati Medici Neapolitani, De Hectica Febre, opus absolutum. ... Venetiis apud Iunta, 1552 (colophon: In officina haeredum Lucaeantonij Iuntae) § Two works in one volume, large 8vo (folio size, 21,5x31,5x3 cm.); [4], 136, 26, [10] leaves. Signature: 1-4, A-R1-8, a-b1-8, c1-10, *1-10. Printer’s mark on title page and on last page of the first work; woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum. Endpapers renewed. External low corner waterstained throughout, with marginal mould stain at the last pages. Collection of Savonarola’s works, originally appeared in Venice in 1498. Michele Savonarola was the grandfather of Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) and a renowned physician; he was born in Padua and, after having practiced as a physician in Bassano for many years, moved to Ferrara where he was appointed court physician to Niccolò III d’Este, as well as a professor of medicine at the recently founded university. “Savonarola has been defined “the most important figure of practical medicine of the fifteenth century” because with his works he marked the beginning “of a healthy reaction against medical school” ... He was a very prolific writer and perfectly possessed the art to write in a simple, understandable way, even on complicated subjects. Ref: Remy Simonetti Savonarola, Michele In: DBI, ad vocemi; Durling 4086; De Renzi, II, p. 345, 385-386.