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FOREEST, Pieter van (1522-1597). Observationum et curationum medicinalium libri quinque. Leiden: Ex officina Plantin for Franciscus Raphelengius, 1591.
8o (150 x 95 mm). Printer's woodcut device on title-page. (Some minor marginal browning, duplicate stamp showing through on title from verso, a few headlines shaved slightly.) Modern calf antique. Provenance: Bodleian Library (library and duplicate withdrawal stamps on title verso and at end).
FIRST EDITION of Foreest's treatise on the diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth and throat. It contains detailed observation and case histories. Adams F-766; Norman 815.
8o (150 x 95 mm). Printer's woodcut device on title-page. (Some minor marginal browning, duplicate stamp showing through on title from verso, a few headlines shaved slightly.) Modern calf antique. Provenance: Bodleian Library (library and duplicate withdrawal stamps on title verso and at end).
FIRST EDITION of Foreest's treatise on the diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth and throat. It contains detailed observation and case histories. Adams F-766; Norman 815.