Author: TITSINGH, Abraham (editor).
Title: Geneeskonst der heelmeesters, tot dienst der zeevaart.Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor, 1752. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, and two decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary marbled wrappers, with a 19th-century paper label on the spine with the author and title in manuscript.
Description: 8, 662 pp.First and only edition of a very scarce work on naval medicine. This practical handbook was written by doctors who served on Dutch war ships that sailed from the Netherlands to Curaçao. It includes numerous case studies of sick sailors on these ships during the 1740s, along with commentary from Abraham Titsingh (1684-1776), who was a surgeon to the admirality. The work is very rare, as it has only been recorded in four libraries, and we have only been able to find one other copy in sales records.The numerous case studies presented in the work are incredibly detailed, and describe cases on board the ships Middelburg, Maarssen, Tylingen, De Beschermer and Hartekamp, primarily in the years 1743 to 1750, but with references to earlier voyages. They give a fascinating picture of illnesses and their treatment during voyages to the Americas. The work covers not only the principal illnesses facing the sailors (fevers, scurvy, diarrhoea, dysentery, and dropsy), but also wounds, surgery, amputations, etc. Each account of sicknesses and treatments during a voyage, with names, dates and details of the procedures, and of the exact composition of medicines given, is followed by a lengthy commentary, apparently in part by Titsingh, who compiled the work. The present copy comes from the library of Dutch physician and zoologist Jan van der Hoeven (1801-1868).With the bookplate of Jan van der Hoeven mounted on the front pastedown. The wrappers are damaged around the spine with some loss of material around the joints, the edges of the wrappers are slightly frayed. The work is uncut, with a water stain in the head margin throughout, not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l Cat. NHSM, p. 1020; STCN 314896082 (1 copy); WorldCat 907608682 (4 copies).
Keywords: [E5FB9A6D8BD3] AMERICAS|[E5FB9A6D8BD3] AMERICAS -> [8C1676C73B96] Middle America & Caribbean Islands|[E5FB9A6D8BD3] AMERICAS -> [E714FD7DC113] South America|[80CBADC1D9E8] CARTOGRAPHY & EXPLORATION|[80CBADC1D9E8] CARTOGRAPHY & EXPLORATION -> [F94AEB0D1632
Title: Geneeskonst der heelmeesters, tot dienst der zeevaart.Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor, 1752. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, and two decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary marbled wrappers, with a 19th-century paper label on the spine with the author and title in manuscript.
Description: 8, 662 pp.First and only edition of a very scarce work on naval medicine. This practical handbook was written by doctors who served on Dutch war ships that sailed from the Netherlands to Curaçao. It includes numerous case studies of sick sailors on these ships during the 1740s, along with commentary from Abraham Titsingh (1684-1776), who was a surgeon to the admirality. The work is very rare, as it has only been recorded in four libraries, and we have only been able to find one other copy in sales records.The numerous case studies presented in the work are incredibly detailed, and describe cases on board the ships Middelburg, Maarssen, Tylingen, De Beschermer and Hartekamp, primarily in the years 1743 to 1750, but with references to earlier voyages. They give a fascinating picture of illnesses and their treatment during voyages to the Americas. The work covers not only the principal illnesses facing the sailors (fevers, scurvy, diarrhoea, dysentery, and dropsy), but also wounds, surgery, amputations, etc. Each account of sicknesses and treatments during a voyage, with names, dates and details of the procedures, and of the exact composition of medicines given, is followed by a lengthy commentary, apparently in part by Titsingh, who compiled the work. The present copy comes from the library of Dutch physician and zoologist Jan van der Hoeven (1801-1868).With the bookplate of Jan van der Hoeven mounted on the front pastedown. The wrappers are damaged around the spine with some loss of material around the joints, the edges of the wrappers are slightly frayed. The work is uncut, with a water stain in the head margin throughout, not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l Cat. NHSM, p. 1020; STCN 314896082 (1 copy); WorldCat 907608682 (4 copies).
Keywords: [E5FB9A6D8BD3] AMERICAS|[E5FB9A6D8BD3] AMERICAS -> [8C1676C73B96] Middle America & Caribbean Islands|[E5FB9A6D8BD3] AMERICAS -> [E714FD7DC113] South America|[80CBADC1D9E8] CARTOGRAPHY & EXPLORATION|[80CBADC1D9E8] CARTOGRAPHY & EXPLORATION -> [F94AEB0D1632
Price: EUR 3750.00 = appr. US$ 4075.68 Seller: A. Asher & Co. B.V.
- Book number: ABC_49307
- Book number: ABC_49307