[FIOROVANTI, Leonardo (1517-1588)]. ROSTINI, Pietro and Ludovico ROSTINI. Compendio di Tutta la Chirurgia. Venice: Giovanni Battista Brigna, 1677. 8o (150 x 96 mm). Woodcut diagrams (slight staining to a few leaves). Modern quarter vellum antique, paper boards, earlier morocco spine label. Provenance: Gino Sabattini (bookplate on front pastedown). A compilation of works by Fiorovanti, the colorful physician and alchemist of Bologna, whose works included elements of occult philosophies and alchemy as well as important medical and surgical work.

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[FIOROVANTI, Leonardo (1517-1588)]. ROSTINI, Pietro and Ludovico ROSTINI. Compendio di Tutta la Chirurgia. Venice: Giovanni Battista Brigna, 1677. 8o (150 x 96 mm). Woodcut diagrams (slight staining to a few leaves). Modern quarter vellum antique, paper boards, earlier morocco spine label. Provenance: Gino Sabattini (bookplate on front pastedown). A compilation of works by Fiorovanti, the colorful physician and alchemist of Bologna, whose works included elements of occult philosophies and alchemy as well as important medical and surgical work.