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RAMAZZINI, BERNARDINO. De morbis artificum diatriba. Modena: A. Capponi 1700.
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RAMAZZINI, BERNARDINO. De morbis artificum diatriba. Modena: A. Capponi 1700.
8vo, 174 x 106mm. (6 7/8 x 4 1/8in.), contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, upper joint cracked, ends of spine restored, new endpapers, lower outer corners of half-title and title renewed with loss of three letters of the imprint (supplied in ink), 3 faint impressions of old library stamps, modern brown quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, half-title.
Garrison and Morton 2121; Norman 1776; PMM 170.
"Ramazzini decided to study occupational diseases after a chance encounter with a cesspool cleaner, from whom he learned of the peculiar dangers attached to that profession."--Norman. This book is "the first systematic treatise on the subject. It deals with pneumoconiosis and other diseases of miners, with lead poisoning in potters, with silicosis in stonemasons, diseases among metal workers, and even a chapter devoted to the 'diseases of learned men'"--Garrison and Morton.
Provenance: Myron Prinzmetal, bookplate (sale, Christie's New York, 20 May 1988, lot 137, unsold).
8vo, 174 x 106mm. (6 7/8 x 4 1/8in.), contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, upper joint cracked, ends of spine restored, new endpapers, lower outer corners of half-title and title renewed with loss of three letters of the imprint (supplied in ink), 3 faint impressions of old library stamps, modern brown quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, half-title.
Garrison and Morton 2121; Norman 1776; PMM 170.
"Ramazzini decided to study occupational diseases after a chance encounter with a cesspool cleaner, from whom he learned of the peculiar dangers attached to that profession."--Norman. This book is "the first systematic treatise on the subject. It deals with pneumoconiosis and other diseases of miners, with lead poisoning in potters, with silicosis in stonemasons, diseases among metal workers, and even a chapter devoted to the 'diseases of learned men'"--Garrison and Morton.
Provenance: Myron Prinzmetal, bookplate (sale, Christie's New York, 20 May 1988, lot 137, unsold).