Ask a question or
Order this book


Browse our books
Search our books
Book dealer info



Title: Medicinia Hippocratica exponens Aphorismos Hippocratis Auctore Joanne de Gorter... Editio quinta Italica Ab innumeris mendis purgata Cum Indice Locupletissimo.
Description: Neapoli, Apud Vincentium Ursinum Expensis Stephani Manfredi, 1777. 4to. W. woodc. vign. on title. Fine contemp. full vellum, author & title giltlettered on spine within gilt decorative borders. (Spine a few pinhole spots and some scratches.). (Bottom of spine 'Conte' within similar type of gilt border.). [*4, A-Z4, 2A-2Z4, 3A-3O4].VIII, 480 [pp. 457 - 480 Index] pp.). (Endpapers browned due to glue used; scattered foxing in the main text.). A very good copy in nice contemp. italian full vellum. Waller comp. 4557 (ed. Patavia 1778): DMB, c. 699 - 701 Gorter (1689 - 1762), clinical medicine. 'Matriculated as a medical student at Leiden 1709, where he dilligently attended Boerhaave's lectures... ': De Gorter's main work, originally published Amsterdam 1739 - 1742 in 4to in 7 vols. Later reprinted in Patav. 1747, Amsterdam, 1747, Patav. 1778 and this Italian edition Napels 1777. After the death of Herman Kau Boerhaave (1753) De Gorter was tempted to go to Russia and work for Czarina Elisabeth in St Petersburg. After 4 years De Gorter returned to Holland in 1758 and settled in Wijk bj Duurstede.

Keywords: geneeskunde general Hippocrates aphorisms W28B

Price: EUR 350.00 = appr. US$ 380.40 Seller: Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.
- Book number: 7059