Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co

Date:: 1929

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$138. 139. 140, 141. 142. 143, 144, eo MESS ches sopra le tavole del Eustachio. 5 leaves, 8, 10, 27, and 200 pp. With large engraved vignette on title (dissection) and 41 (instead of 49) full-page plates. IL: Corso anatomico o sia universal commento nelle tavole di Eustachio. 6 leaves, 254 pp. With the same vignette on title. Two vols. Folio. Old vellum. Rome, 1740-42. Frs. 28.— Two different works by Petrioli on Eustachi’s famous anatomical tables which are rarely to be found together. — Plates 1-8 (only the newly added plates by Petrioli) missing, but the Eustachi-Lancisi-plates complete. FABRE, Pierre. Recherches sur differents points de physiologie, de pathologie et de thérapeutique, pour servir de base & un cours de pathologie. 8vo. Old calf. Paris, 1783. Frs. 6.— FABRE, P. Traité des maladies véneriennes. Two vols. 8vo. Boards (back wanting). Paris, 1765. Frs. 10.— Proksch I, 34. Good work on venereal diseases. Deals mainly with small-pox. FABRICIUS AB AQUAPENDENTE, H. Pentateuchos cheirur- gicum, opera Joh. Hartmanni Beyeri. 8 leaves, 586 pp., 3 lea- ves. 8vo. Vellum. Frankfurt, 1604. Frs. 80.— Harly edition of the first work of this most famous physician. ‘‘ Fabricius, a pupil of Faloppius, was unquestionably one of the greatest teachers of anatomy. Among his many claims to fame the greatest is perhaps that he taught Harvey ’’. (Singer). Fabricius’ studies influenced Harvey in his experiments to demonstrate the circulation of the blood. His surgical Pen- tateuch is divided into five books: De tumoribus praeter naturam, de yulne- ribus, de ulceribus et fistulis, de fracturis, de luxationibus. Partly very waterstained and browned, wormed. Rare. FABRY (Fabricias) of Hilden, Wilhelm. Observationum et cura- tionum chirurgicarum centuriae. 24 leaves, 568 pp., index. With the author’s engraved portrait and numerous interesting surgical cuts in the text. 4to. Vellum. Lyons, 1641. Frs. 40.— Good edition of Fabry’s master-piece. ‘‘ His most important work is his ‘‘ Century of Surgical Cases ’’, the best collection of caserecords of the time. He showed that head injuries may cause insanity, extracted an iron splinter from the eye with a magnet, explored the auditory canal with a speculum of his invention, and described the first field-chest of drugs for army use, etc. ”’ (Garrison). — Browned., FEHR, Michael. Hiera picra, vel de Absinthio analecta, ad nor- mam et formam academiae naturae curiosorum selecta. 8 leaves, 173 pp., 2 leaves. With folding plate. 8vo. Boards. Leipzig, 1667. Frs. 22.— Interesting work on absinth and its uselfulness for medicine. — Browned. KERNEL, Jean Fr. De vacuandi ratione liber. 141 pp. Printer’s device (repeated). Small 8vo. Vellum. Paris, Wechel, 1545. Frs. 22.— First edition. FERNEL, J. Fr. Universa medicina, tribus et viginti libris assoluta. 8 leaves, 557 pp., 136 pp., 39 leaves. With the author’s fine woodcut portrait and woodcut initial letters. Printer’s$

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