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WITTICH (Johannes). Von dem ligno Guayaco, Wunderbawm, Res nova genandt, von der China, ex Occidentali India, von der Sarssa Parilla, von dem Frantzosenholtz Sassafras, und von dem Grießholtz, so man Lignum Nephriticum nennet, etc.. Welche alle zum theil fuer die Fluesse, Zipperle, wassersucht und reissenden Stein, sampt andren eingewurtzelten Kranckheiten, gantz dienstlichen, und wie dieselben, an denen Orten, do sie wachsen, zubereitet und gebraucht werden, biß daher in Druck also noch nicht kommen: Jetzo aber zu nutz und frommen allen Wundtaerzten und Balbirern, mit fleiß zusammen gezogen. Leipzig: [Michael Lantzenberger], 1592. - In-4, 193 x 148 : (22 ff.). Bradel-style speckled paper boards, smooth muted spine (modern binding). A Catalogue of Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, 4760. Very rare second edition, the first separate, of this treatise by Johannes Wittich (1537-1596), personal physician to the Counts of Schwarzburg. It is usually found together with the second edition of the author's work on bezoar stones, published the same year and entitled Bericht Von den wunderbaren Bezoardischen Steinen... This treatise focuses in particular on the guaiac tree, a dense tropical tree much sought-after for its curative properties, but also on Sarsaparilla and Sassafras. The author would not have based his work directly on his own experience, but on the study of various writings and on the examination of objects collected by travellers and missionaries. The use of these plants, now commonplace, was relatively new at the time. A good copy in modern hardback. From the library of Élize Grendel (1899-1986), pharmacist in Gouda, member of the International Academy of the History of Pharmacy. Provenance: Élize Grendel, with bookplate.
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WITTICH (Johannes). Von dem ligno Guayaco, Wunderbawm, Res nova genandt, von der China, ex Occidentali India, von der Sarssa Parilla, von dem Frantzosenholtz Sassafras, und von dem Grießholtz, so man Lignum Nephriticum nennet, etc.. Welche alle zum theil fuer die Fluesse, Zipperle, wassersucht und reissenden Stein, sampt andren eingewurtzelten Kranckheiten, gantz dienstlichen, und wie dieselben, an denen Orten, do sie wachsen, zubereitet und gebraucht werden, biß daher in Druck also noch nicht kommen: Jetzo aber zu nutz und frommen allen Wundtaerzten und Balbirern, mit fleiß zusammen gezogen. Leipzig: [Michael Lantzenberger], 1592. - In-4, 193 x 148 : (22 ff.). Bradel-style speckled paper boards, smooth muted spine (modern binding). A Catalogue of Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, 4760. Very rare second edition, the first separate, of this treatise by Johannes Wittich (1537-1596), personal physician to the Counts of Schwarzburg. It is usually found together with the second edition of the author's work on bezoar stones, published the same year and entitled Bericht Von den wunderbaren Bezoardischen Steinen... This treatise focuses in particular on the guaiac tree, a dense tropical tree much sought-after for its curative properties, but also on Sarsaparilla and Sassafras. The author would not have based his work directly on his own experience, but on the study of various writings and on the examination of objects collected by travellers and missionaries. The use of these plants, now commonplace, was relatively new at the time. A good copy in modern hardback. From the library of Élize Grendel (1899-1986), pharmacist in Gouda, member of the International Academy of the History of Pharmacy. Provenance: Élize Grendel, with bookplate.
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