94 150
223
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[RYFF, WALTHER HERMANN.]
Kurtzes Hand-Büchlein, und Experi-
ment, vieler Artzneyen, durch den gantzen Cörper dess Menschens . . . durch
den hochgelehrten Q. Apollinarem
[pseud.]
selbs erfahren und bewehrt.
Numerous woodcut botanical illustrations. [2], 212, [17] (of [18]) leaves; lacks last (blank?)
leaf. 8vo, 152x91 mm, remboîtage of earlier manuscript vellum over boards, worn, top of
spine chipped, endpapers conspicuously renewed; contents toned and soiled with varying
marginal dampstaining, wormtrail through leaves 54-60 minimally impairing legibility.
Strassburg: Josias Städel, 1677
[400/600]
Frequently reprinted collection of herbal remedies originally published in 1549.
224
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SCARPA, ANTONIO.
Saggio di Osservazioni e d’Esperienze sulle Princi-
pali Malattie degli Occhi.
Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author; 3 folding
engraved plates. [2], xi, [1], 78 [i. e., 278], [2] pages, including errata leaf at end. Printed on
heavy paper. 4to, 303x215 mm, modern
1
/
4
leather; occasional toning or browning, light
dampstaining along bottom edges at beginning and end marginally affecting plates, scat-
tered stains elsewhere, marginal foxing on engraved matter.
Pavia: Baldassare Comino, 1801
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
.
“Scarpa’s surgical treatise on the diseases of the eye was the first textbook of
ophthalmology published in Italian; it contains the first description of the operation of iridodial-
ysis, and significant chapters on cataract, staphyloma and diseases of the vessels in the
eye”—Norman 1899. Becker 327; Garrison-Morton 5835.
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225
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SCHENCK, JOHANN GEORG.
Exotericorum experimentorum ad varios
morbos centuriae VII.
[44], 454, [2] pages, including final blank. 8vo, 156x97 mm, con-
temporary calf with elaborate gilt-stamped strapwork design on covers, spine darkened,
missing portion at top; contents browned, sometimes heavily, with scattered rust spots,
lower outer corner off 2C1 slightly affecting text on verso; gilt edges, gauffered to repeat-
ing pattern of fleurs-de-lis. Inscription on front free endpaper (“Ex spoliis Molhemianis de
Anno MDCX 10 Augusti”); bookplate of A. Garrigues DM.
Frankfurt am Main: Johann Spiess for Gottfried Tambach, 1607
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION
of a collection of 700 remedies and treatments compiled from the writings of
contemporary medical authors. Krivatsy 10403.
226
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SHORT, THOMAS.
Discourses on Tea, Sugar, Milk, Made-Wines, Spirits,
Punch, Tobacco, &c. . . . with Plain and Useful Rules for Gouty People.
[10], 424
pages, including initial ad leaf. 8vo, 203x127 mm, contemporary calf, spine darkened and
heavily worn, covers detached; heavy foxing on opening leaves.
London: T. Longman and A. Millar, 1750
[200/300]
FIRST EDITION
.
Alden 750/298 (for topics relating to sugar in the American colonies and
West Indies, and the American origin and use of tobacco).
227
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SORIANO, JERÓNIMO.
Libro de Experimentos Medicos, faciles y ver-
daderos.
[8], 104, 106-108, [3] (of [4]) leaves; lacks O1.8 (leaf 105 and last leaf of index).
8vo, 143x94 mm, 18th-century sheep gilt, few small wormholes in spine; contents toned,
scattered foxing, occasional dampstaining in lower inner corners.
Alcalá de Henares: Juan Gracián, 1612
[200/300]
Popular collection of miscellaneous remedies for a general audience, originally published in
1598. Soriano is best-known as the author of the first Spanish-language work on pediatrics.
Krivatsy 11233; Palau 319587.