Hermanni Boerhaave Opera Omnia Medica Quorum Series Post Praefationem Subjicitur
175727045Venetiis: Laurentium Basilium 1757. 22 536; 591-621 pagination mis-numbered content consecutive 1 pages Catalogus Laurentium Basilium. Frontispiece portrait illustration of the author; woodcut title chapter & tailpiece ornaments. Latin text with occasional Greek. The works of Hermann Boerhaave 1668 - 1738 Dutch physician associated with the Univ. of Leiden; appointed ".the chair of practical medicine and in this capacity he had the merit of introducing the modern system of clinical instruction. Four years later he was appointed also to the chair of chemistry." see Encyc. Brit. 11th ed. Including: Institutiones medicae; Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis; Libellus de materie medica; De lue aphrodisiaca sive venerea; Atrocis nec descripti prius morbi historia; Atrocis rarissimique morbi historia altera; De fabrica glandularum in corpore humano; De mercurio experimenta; Orationes octo; De utilitate explorandorum in aegris excrementorum ut signorum; Introductio in praxin clinicam; Praelectiones de calculo; De distinctione mentis a corpore; Horti Ludguno-Batavi descriptio. Title page with the owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; in service as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894 and with his small number-ticket on front endpaper. Approx. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" size bound in later 19th century marbled-paper covered boards dark brown leather corners & spine gilt fleuron decorations & titles marbled endpapers. A little edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; frontispiece illustration laid-down; first few leaves with a few tiny wormholes no loss to text; front endpapers with surface paper scrapes at bottom edges; an ink name below the portrait; block strongly bound; in very good condition. . First Edtion Thus. Leather. Very Good. Laurentium Basilium books
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