FERRARIUS, Omnibonus. De arte medica infantium, libri quatuor, Brescia: Francesco & Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1577, 4°, FIRST EDITION, printer's device to title, engraved illustrations, woodcut initials (some leaves dampstained, occasional light spotting), contemporary vellum (scuffed). [Durling 1494; Norman 787]

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FERRARIUS, Omnibonus. De arte medica infantium, libri quatuor, Brescia: Francesco & Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1577, 4°, FIRST EDITION, printer's device to title, engraved illustrations, woodcut initials (some leaves dampstained, occasional light spotting), contemporary vellum (scuffed). [Durling 1494; Norman 787]

Provenance

Jos. Franz. [?] Bianchtti, old inscription to title.

Lot Essay

The illustrations show child-training devices of the past; the running stool, ancestor of the present-day walker, and the chair stool, which held the infants in a sitting position.

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