RYFF, WALTHER HERMANN. Die kleyner Chirurgi. [Colophon:] Strassburg: Balthassar Beck. [Title:] 1542.

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RYFF, WALTHER HERMANN. Die kleyner Chirurgi. [Colophon:] Strassburg: Balthassar Beck. [Title:] 1542.

FIRST EDITION, 10 woodcut illustrations, 3 of them full-page.

Benzing Ryff 112; Waller 8348.

[Bound with:]

RYFF, W.H. Recht gründtliche bewerte Cur des Steins, Sandt, und Gries, inn Nieren, Blasen unnd Lenden...Newlich an Tag geben. Strassburg: Johann Knobloch II durch Georg Messerschmidt 1543.

FIRST EDITION, 17 woodcuts of surgical instruments and anatomy.

Benzing Ryff 131; NLM/Durling 4032; Waller 8362.

Chancery 4to, 200 x 153mm. (7 13/16 x 6 1/16in.), contemporary blind stamped calf over wooden boards lettered "WUNDT ERTZNEI" on upper cover [roll: Haebler I, p. 369, H.R.B.4], lacks clasps, joints cracked, slightly wormed at front and back of volume, catching a few letters, some dampstaining.

Provenance: Juan Carlos Ahumada, bookplate and inkstamp at front; the present owner.