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SAVONAROLA, Michael (d. 1462/64). De febribus. -De pulsibus. -De urinis. -De egestionibus. -De balneis. -De vermibus. Venice: Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 22 November 1498.
Chancery 2° (295 x 210mm). Gothic type, double column, woodcut initials, woodcut Scotus device on final recto. (Repairs to title, some marginal staining, marginal wormtrack to a few leaves, a few marginal holes.) Provenance: Philippo Boccadifuoco, medical doctor (ownership inscription on title, marginalia) -- title inscription noting that the book has passed inspection by the Inquisition.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS COMPENDIUM OF TEXTS, the third of De febribus. Written by one of the leading physicians of the fifteenth century, these medical treatises also include one on the baths and hot springs of Italy. HC 14489; BMC V, 451; Klebs 885.3; Goff S-295.
Chancery 2° (295 x 210mm). Gothic type, double column, woodcut initials, woodcut Scotus device on final recto. (Repairs to title, some marginal staining, marginal wormtrack to a few leaves, a few marginal holes.) Provenance: Philippo Boccadifuoco, medical doctor (ownership inscription on title, marginalia) -- title inscription noting that the book has passed inspection by the Inquisition.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS COMPENDIUM OF TEXTS, the third of De febribus. Written by one of the leading physicians of the fifteenth century, these medical treatises also include one on the baths and hot springs of Italy. HC 14489; BMC V, 451; Klebs 885.3; Goff S-295.
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