Author: Dodoens, Rembert (Rembertus Dodonaeus).
Title: Medicinalium observationum exempla rara. Accessere & alia quaedam, quorum elenchum pagina post Praefationem exhibet. [BOUND WITH:] Praxis medica. [TWO WORKS].
Description: Hardervici, Apud viduam Thomae Henrici, (Harderwijk, Widow Thomas Henricus), Impensis Henrici Laurentij, Bibliopolae Amstelredamensis, 1521. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two works bound in one volume. Small octavo. Pp. (xiv), 234, (6). Woodcut device to title-page, woodcut head- and tail-pieces; (vi), 618, (7). Woodcut vignette to title-page. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary overlapping laced vellum, gilt green morocco lettering-piece to spine, vellum bit darkened, first endpapers renewed, gutter hinge next to title-page split but firm. In a very good condition. ~ Publishing date is assumed to be erratic, possibly published in 1621. Here, Dodoens gathers and describes over 50 medical cases, studies drawn from his own experience. The work is assumed to first appear in 1581. [BOUND WITH:] Idem: Praxis medica. (Amsterdami, Impensis Henrici Laurentij, 1616). This is the FIRST EDITION, published posthumously, a gathering of Dodoens' classical lectures. Rembertus Dodonaeus (1517-1558) orchastrated the works of numerous authors, including Benedetti, Cornax, Gasser, Hertoghe, Vslesco, as, for example: "Antonii Benivenii . De abditis nonnullis ac mirandis morborum ac sanationum causis liber, cum annotationibus Dodonaei," p. 94-204; "Medicinalium observationum exempla rara Valesci Tarantani, & Alexandri Benedicti," p. 205-217; "Historiae gestationis foetus mortui in utero, Matthiae Cornacis . Egydii Hertogii . Achillis Gassari," p. 218-234. ~ [Provenance:] Ownership entry at foot of title-page by the medical doctor of the London Collegium Medicorum, Ro[bert] Gray, 1703. Later small attractive bookplate tipped-in onto paste-down. H-2 OUT .

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