alpinus-prosper-i-medicina-aegyptiorum-liber-de-balsamo-et-rhapontico-i
Lot 1364
Alpinus, Prosper, Medicina Aegyptiorum: Liber de Balsamo et Rhapontico
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Bound with Bondt, Jacob de, Medicina Indorum (Leiden: Gerard Potuliet, 1745), 325 pages and 258 pages respectively, with index, octavo, full calf, spine with raised bands and extensive gilt. Alpinus examines medical practices in Cairo with special attention to bloodletting while Bondt looks into tropical diseases and medicinal plants. A posthumous work by nearly two centuries

Property from the Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Gimesh, Fayetteville, NC

Extensive wear to boards; front cover with 6 in. split along hinge.

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