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MERCURIALI, Girolamo (1530-1606). De Morbis puerorum tractatus. Edited by Jan H. Chrociejowski. Venice: Paolo Meietti, 1583.
4o (235 x 169 mm). Printer's woodcut device on title. (Two small holes on title repaired with a few letters partially supplied in facsimile, some leaves lightly browned, some pale marginal stains, a little marginal worming.) Later vellum. Provenance: Early signature(s)? deleted on title-page; some corrections, underlining and extensive marginalia in several 17th-century hands throughout, and notes on final blank verso.
FIRST EDITION of this treatise on children's diseases. Although based in part on ancient writings, Mercuriali contributed some original observations. Adams M-1326; BM/STC Italian p. 435; NLM/Durling 3099; Norman 1497.
4o (235 x 169 mm). Printer's woodcut device on title. (Two small holes on title repaired with a few letters partially supplied in facsimile, some leaves lightly browned, some pale marginal stains, a little marginal worming.) Later vellum. Provenance: Early signature(s)? deleted on title-page; some corrections, underlining and extensive marginalia in several 17th-century hands throughout, and notes on final blank verso.
FIRST EDITION of this treatise on children's diseases. Although based in part on ancient writings, Mercuriali contributed some original observations. Adams M-1326; BM/STC Italian p. 435; NLM/Durling 3099; Norman 1497.