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HUTTEN, Ulrich von (1488-1523). Of the Wood Called Guaiacum that healeth the frenche pockes, and also helpeth the goute in the feete, the stone, palsey, espre, dropsy, fallyinge euyll, and other diseses. Translated by Thomas Paynel. London: Thomas Berthelet, 1540.
Second English (first quarto) edition. Hutton’s work, first published in Latin in 1519, explores the curative properties of the American wood guaiacum, found on Cuba. Hutten describes the process for preparing a treatment of powdered wood which was served in a hot drink as an antidote to syphillis. Rare: online auction records trace no sale of the quarto edition.
4to (197 x 139 mm). Black letter. Contemporary calf (neatly rebacked, corners renewed). ESTC S104332; Sabin 34067.
Second English (first quarto) edition. Hutton’s work, first published in Latin in 1519, explores the curative properties of the American wood guaiacum, found on Cuba. Hutten describes the process for preparing a treatment of powdered wood which was served in a hot drink as an antidote to syphillis. Rare: online auction records trace no sale of the quarto edition.
4to (197 x 139 mm). Black letter. Contemporary calf (neatly rebacked, corners renewed). ESTC S104332; Sabin 34067.