Practica Sev Methodus Curandi Morbos Internos: (The Practice or Method of Curing Internal Diseases)
by Kaspar Peucer
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FIRST EDITION OF PEUCER'S TREATISE ON INTERNAL MEDICINE
16mo. Bound in full mid-17th century vellum. Francofortti, Typis Nicolai Hoffmanni, Sumptibus Ioannis Bernerri, 1614. First Edition.
Also included is Peucer's treatise on fever, "Tractatus de Febriburus" together with Gabriele Fontano's "Tetras Gravissimorum Capitis Affectuum" ["Four Very Grave Maladies Affecting the Head"], Printed at Lyons by Barbier in 1647.
Caspar Peucer was a German reformer, physician, and scholar. He wrote several important treatises, of which the present is his leading medical work and one of the finer considerations of internal diseases published during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Peucer was a follower of Paracelsus, son-in-law of Melanchthon, acquaintance of Copernicus and an important correspondent of Brahe.
With the dedication inscription of Giesebrecht to A.F. Stoius on the front endpaper, dated 1781.
Binding slightly worn at edges; 2-inch crack at heel of spine on front hinge; some minor toning to pages; o/w the interior is clean and bright with ample margins throughout.
Full title: Practica Sev Methodus Curandi Morbos Internos, Cum Generalis, tum particularis, Tradita primum & praelecta A Praeclarissimo Ac Excellentissimo Viro, Casparo Peucerro Budissino, Philosophiae ac Medicinae Doctore eximio, In Que Academia Wittenbergense Professore olim ordinario primario Nunc Vero In Lucem Publicam Emissa, dupliciq[ue] Indice locupletata.
16mo. Bound in full mid-17th century vellum. Francofortti, Typis Nicolai Hoffmanni, Sumptibus Ioannis Bernerri, 1614. First Edition.
Also included is Peucer's treatise on fever, "Tractatus de Febriburus" together with Gabriele Fontano's "Tetras Gravissimorum Capitis Affectuum" ["Four Very Grave Maladies Affecting the Head"], Printed at Lyons by Barbier in 1647.
Caspar Peucer was a German reformer, physician, and scholar. He wrote several important treatises, of which the present is his leading medical work and one of the finer considerations of internal diseases published during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Peucer was a follower of Paracelsus, son-in-law of Melanchthon, acquaintance of Copernicus and an important correspondent of Brahe.
With the dedication inscription of Giesebrecht to A.F. Stoius on the front endpaper, dated 1781.
Binding slightly worn at edges; 2-inch crack at heel of spine on front hinge; some minor toning to pages; o/w the interior is clean and bright with ample margins throughout.
Full title: Practica Sev Methodus Curandi Morbos Internos, Cum Generalis, tum particularis, Tradita primum & praelecta A Praeclarissimo Ac Excellentissimo Viro, Casparo Peucerro Budissino, Philosophiae ac Medicinae Doctore eximio, In Que Academia Wittenbergense Professore olim ordinario primario Nunc Vero In Lucem Publicam Emissa, dupliciq[ue] Indice locupletata.
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- George Robert Minkoff, Inc. (US)
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- Title
- Practica Sev Methodus Curandi Morbos Internos
- Author
- Kaspar Peucer
- Format/Binding
- Bound in full mid-17th century vellum
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Francofortti, Typis Nicolai Hoffmanni, Sumptibus Ioannis Bernerri,
- Date Published
- 1614.
- Size
- 16mo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- (PARACELSUS)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin & Greek; Math & Science;
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26 Rowe Rd., Great Barrington, MA 01230.
Tel: 413-528-4575.
E-mail: grm@minkoffbooks.com.
Authorized representative: George Robert Minkoff.
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