813 - Borch, O.

Borch, O. Dissertationes academicae de poetis, publicis disputationibus, in Regio Hafniensi Lyceo,... Frankfurt, Drullmann for Paulli, 1683. Quarto. With engraved title vignette. 8 leaves, 174 pp., 1 blank leaf. Contemporary half leather binding with handwritten title. (Some signs of wear). A rare work by Ole Borch of Synderborch in Jutland, who achieved fame primarily through his works on chemistry and medicine. - “Borrichius also published numerous works on general and Latin philology” (DSB II, 317). The attractive allegorical title vignette depicts a flower in the foreground, illuminated by the sun from the left and watered from a jug on the right. - Some pages slightly browned; a few minor marginal tears; front and inside covers browned. - From the collection of Heinz Peter Barandun.