Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/11
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eh AB 207. JACKSON, Joseph. Enchiridion medicum theoretico-practicum, sive tractatus de morborum theoria et praxis. Acc. appendix de lue venerea. 12 leaves, 192 pp. With engraved frontispiece. 12mo. Calf. Amsterdam, 1697. Frs. 12.— De variolis et morbillis, de rachitide, de partu difficili, ete. Contains at the end a treatise on syphilis. 208. JENNER, Edward. An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae. Facsimile of the first edition (London, 1798). With 4 hand-coloured plates. 4to. Boards. Florence, 1923. £ -/12/6 or § 2.75 or Swiss Frs. 14.— Full prospectus on request. 209. JOHANNES ACTUARIUS. De urinis libri septem. Ambrosio Leone Nolano interprete. — Ant. Tylesii de coloribus. — Pauli Aeginetae de erisi et diebus decretoriis. — Andr. Leennii epistola de urinae studio. 8 leaves, 444 pp. With woodeut (urine glass). Printer’s de- _vice. 8vo. Half calf. Basel, A. Cratander, 1529. Frs. 50.— Choulant, Handbuch, p. 154. ‘* Actuarius’ monograph upon the increasingly popular subject of uroscopy, was later accepted as authoritative and classic. In this Johannes in no way emphasises uroscopy as a universal diagnostic method, but lays stress upon the importance of other methods of examination ’’. (Neuburger-Playfair). ‘‘ He is memorable as the first to use a gratuated glass for examining the urine ”’ (Garrison). — ; Complete copies like ours containing all the above mentioned treatises are rare. On title the following ms.-inscription: Sum Renati perroti Medicinae studiosi ’’. Some marginal annotations by a contemporary hand. A few slight waterstains, but nice copy. 210. JOUBERT, L. Medicinae praticae priores libri tres. 8, 264 and 8 leaves. 8vo. Vellum. Lyons, Lertout, 1573. Frs, 20.— First edition. We mention: ‘‘ De semplici intemperiae calida curanda, de febre hectica, de causo, de cephalalgia ”, ete. — Waterstained, blank por- tion of the upper margin of title cut off. 211. JOUBERT, L. Traité du ris, contenant son essance, ses causes, et mervelheus effais. Item la cause morale du ris de Democrite, expliquée et témognée par Hippocras. Plus un dialogue sur la ca- cographie Francaise, avec des annotations sur ]’ortographe. 16 lea- ves, 407 pp., 3 leaves. With fine portrait of the author. 8vo. Calf (slightly damaged). Paris, Nicolas Chesneau, 1579. Frs. 40.— Caillet, 5627. Brunet III, 574-75. Rare first edition. ‘¢Ce volume est recherché & cause du Dialogue sur la cacographie et des annotations ’’ (Brunet). ‘‘ Ouvrage recherché, principalement & cause du sin- gulier traité sur la cacographie dans lequel l’auteur expose un curieux projet de réforme de l’ortographe. D’ailleurs, ainsi qu’on peut juger par le titre que nous donnons d’une facon absolument exacte, Joubert a mis ce projet en ap- plication et son traité du ris qui d’ailleurs est intéressant, est aussi fort cu- rieux 4 cause des singularités ortographiques qu’on y rencontre (Caillet). — Somewhat waterstained. Prices in Swiss Francs including all incidental export expenses. ~~ + 3 + Pa > &,
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