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HELMONT, Joannes Baptista van (1579-1644). Ortus medicinae. Id est, initia physicae inaudita. Progressus medicinae novus, in morborum ultionem ad vitam longam. Edited by Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (1618-1699) - Opuscula medica inaudita. I. De lithiasi. II. De febribus. III. De humoribus Galeni. IV. De peste. Editio secunda multo emendatior. Amsterdam: Ludovic Elzevir, 1648.
4o (192 x 152 mm). Contemporary vellum (a bit soiled).
FIRST EDITION of Ortus medicinae; second edition of Opuscula medica inaudita. Helmont, dissatisfied with the "useless logic" of traditional learning, pursued knowledge of the first principles of nature through experimentation. Like Paracelsus, whom he followed, his search was universal: "He sought a cosmological system and a unified view of natural science which would embrace all phenomena" (PMM). Garrison-Morton 665; Heirs of Hippocrates 409; NLM/Krivatsy 5442; Norman 1048; Osler 2929; PMM 135; Waller 4307; Wellcome III, p.241.
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HELMONT. Opuscula medica inaudita. I. De lithiasi. II. De febribus. III. De humoribus galeni. IV. De peste. Cologne: J. Kalcoven, 1644.
3 parts in one volume, 8o. (Some minor worming at margins of title-page and first few gatherings, heavily annotated throughout, ink stain affecting gathering "L" of last part.) Contemporary vellum (some light soiling). Provenance: early signature on title-page. FIRST EDITION of parts I and III, second edition of part II (De febribus and De humoribus). NLM Krivatsy 5441; Osler 2931; Wellcome III, p. 241. (2)
4o (192 x 152 mm). Contemporary vellum (a bit soiled).
FIRST EDITION of Ortus medicinae; second edition of Opuscula medica inaudita. Helmont, dissatisfied with the "useless logic" of traditional learning, pursued knowledge of the first principles of nature through experimentation. Like Paracelsus, whom he followed, his search was universal: "He sought a cosmological system and a unified view of natural science which would embrace all phenomena" (PMM). Garrison-Morton 665; Heirs of Hippocrates 409; NLM/Krivatsy 5442; Norman 1048; Osler 2929; PMM 135; Waller 4307; Wellcome III, p.241.
[With:]
HELMONT. Opuscula medica inaudita. I. De lithiasi. II. De febribus. III. De humoribus galeni. IV. De peste. Cologne: J. Kalcoven, 1644.
3 parts in one volume, 8o. (Some minor worming at margins of title-page and first few gatherings, heavily annotated throughout, ink stain affecting gathering "L" of last part.) Contemporary vellum (some light soiling). Provenance: early signature on title-page. FIRST EDITION of parts I and III, second edition of part II (De febribus and De humoribus). NLM Krivatsy 5441; Osler 2931; Wellcome III, p. 241. (2)