BOERHAAVE, Herman De cognoscendis et curandis morbis aphorismi [...]. Leipzig, F…

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BOERHAAVE, Herman De cognoscendis et curandis morbis aphorismi [...]. Leipzig, Frankfurt J.C. Fischer 1758 8vo: [32]-560 [= 564]-[44] pp. (light dampst. in corner of first ff., red stain on f. Pp8, marg. ann. in old hand). Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. and titled spine with raised bands, red edges (joints split, corners sl. bumped). Popular medical aphorisms (1st 1709) of the famous Leiden professor Boerhaave (1668-1738). It deals i.a. with pathology and therapy. With an introduction by Carl Friedrich Kaltschmied (1706-1769), professor in anatomy and botany at the University of Jena. Title in red and black. Ref. VD18 12091650. - Cp. Wellcome II:189, Blake 52, Garrison & Morton 2199. Prov. Benedictine monastery in Merkelbeek (libr. stamp on title). - Old. prov. marks illegible or scratched out on title.

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BOERHAAVE, Herman De cognoscendis et curandis morbis aphoris

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MEAD, Richard. Mechanica expositio venenorum. Amstelaedami, et denuo Neapoli, expensis Bernardini Gessarii, 1739 8vo, 190x115 mm. Rustic binding. Handwritten author's name on spine. Pp. [8], 223, [1]. One folded table card. At c. I6r begins with buttonhole: Richardi Mead... Tractatus de imperio solis ac lunae in corpora humana, et morbis inde oriundis; at c. N4r begins with buttonhole: Hermanni Boerhaave... De mercurio experimenta in transactionibus Regiae Societatis Londinensis anni 1733.Woodworm hole to title page and first two papers. A few pages browned. Otherwise good marginal and bearded copy. Volume bringing together three rare works on esotericism and chemistry. Important dissertation on animal "poisons": viper, tarantula, rabid dog, mineral and vegetable, and of the air. One chapter is devoted to opium. Mead's second treatise deals with astral influences on the human body and is considered the starting point of Mesmer's theory and the source of his first work, "Dissertatio physico-medica de planetarum influxu," published in 1766. The last treatise is one of Boerhaave's rarest chemistry works, devoted to the use of mercury. 8vo, 190x115 mm. Sewing binding. Name of the author handwritten on the spine. Pp. [8], 223, [1]. One folded plate. On leaf 16r with halftitle: Richardi Mead... Tractatus de imperio solis ac lunae in corpora humana, et morbis inde oriundis; on l. N4r with halftitle: Hermanni Boerhaave... De mercurio experimenta in transactionibus Regiae Societatis Londinensis anni 1733.Wormhole on titlepage of the first two leaves. Some brownings. Good uncut copy with wide margins. Volume that brings together three rare works of esotericism and chemistry. The dissertation on animal "poisons" is important: viper, tarantula, mad dog, minerals and vegetables, and air. A chapter is devoted to opium. Mead's second treatise deals with astral influences on the human body and is considered the starting point of Mesmer's theory and the source of his first work: "Dissertatio physico-medica de planetarum influxu," published in 1766. The last treatise is one of Boerhaave's rarest chemistry works, dedicated to the use of mercury.

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