Author: BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus (ca. 1450-1512):
Title: The book of cirurgia by Hieronymus Brunschwig (Strassburg, Johann Grüninger, 1497). With a study on Hieronymus Brunschwig and his work by Henry E. Sigerist.
Description: Milano, R. Lier, 1923, lg. in-4°, Titel + 272 (Faksimile) + XVI S. (study by Sigerist), Original-Halbleinenband, mit Papierumschlag. Sehr schön erhalten. ¶ 'Brundschwig, a native of Strasbourg ... was one of the most influential surgeons and pharmacists of his time and his books on surgery and distillation became very popular and widely read. He is best known as author of 'Cirurgia', the first illustrated surgical treatise. (Eimas 140). Hirsch I/685; Waller 1576. Sigerist, bedeutender Medizinhistoriker, ergänzt die Faksimile-Ausgabe mit einem Aufsatz über den Verfasser und sein Werk. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

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