Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co

Date:
1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/6
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ESR ee 22. ARISTOTELES-PORTIUS. Aristotelis, vel Theophrasti de colo- ribus libellus, a Simone Portio Neapolitano, cum eiusd. prae- fatione, qua coloris naturam declarat. 102 leaves. Greek and Latin text. 8vo. Boards. Paris, Vascosanus, 1549. Lit. 60.— Brunet I, 475. Nice copy. 23. ARISTOTELES. Problematum sectiones 38. Quaestiones me- chanicae, de miraculis naturae, physionomica, de lineis imseca- bilibus et alia. Ad. Alexandri Aphrodysaei problematum libri. 728 pp. 16mo. Vellum. Venice, 1585. Lit. 40.— Somewhat waterstained and worn. 24. (ARNAUD, G.) Beautifying pomatum and vinegar of the Four Thieves, unconcealed remedies. English and Prench text. 11 lea- ves. Unbound. (London, 1770). Lit. 35,— This little treatise deals entirely with cosmetics. 25. ASSALINI. Essai médical sur les vaisseaux lymphatiques avec le moyen de prévenir les effets des substances venimeuses comme la salive du chien enragé, etc. 2 leaves, 156 pp., 4 leaves. 8vo. Wrappers. Turin, 1787. Lit. 50.— Treats lymphatics and glands. We mention: Des vaisseaux lactés, des glandes lymphatiques, de l’absorbtion du chyle, etc. 26. ASTRUC, J. Tractatus de morbis mulierum. Acc. eatalogus Chronologicus medicorum, quorum scripta de iis morbis extant. Ars obstetricia ad Sua principia redacta. 2 vols. 12 leaves, 388 pp., 4 leaves, 212 pp., 4 leaves, 96 pp. With two engraved plates. 4to. Original boards. Venice, 1763-67. Lit. 90.— First Latin edition of this well-known and explicit monograph on the diseases of women. The chronological catalogue of gynecological writers from the earliest time up to Astruc’s own time comprises 60 pp. and is full of bibliographical details.’ 27. ASTRUC, J. Traité des tumeurs et des ulcéres avec deux lettres.... the second against venereal diseases. 2 vols. 8vo. Old marbled ealf. Paris, 1759. Lit. i Deals with inflation and syphilis. 28. ASTRUC, J. L’art d’accoucher. 72 and 308 pp. 8vo. Wrap- pers. Paris, 1771. . Lit. 35,.— Partly uncut margins. 29. AUDA DI LANTOSCA, Domenico. Breve compendio di mara- vigliosi secreti diviso in quattro libri. [. De’ secreti medicinali. II. De’ secreti appartenenti a diverse cose. III. De’ seereti chimici di varie fonti. IIII. D’astrologia medicinale. Con un trattato per conservarsi in sanita. 12 leaves, 276 pp., 1 leaf. 8vo. Vellum. Rome, 1652. Lit. 70.— First edition of this Italian work which treats with alchemy, chemistry, hermetic medicine and especially with cosmetics and run through many editions.—Somewhat brownstained. 30. AUGUSTINUS DE ANCONA. Opuseculum de cognitione ani- mae et eius potentiis cum quadam questione Prosperi de Regio. 52 leaves. Preface printed in Roman, text in black letter. With woodcut showing a mnemotecnical cut of a head. 4to. Modern boards. Bologna, Jacobus de Benedictis, 1503. Lit. 180.— This interesting treatise on mnemotechbnics seems to be unrecorded. It is based principally upon Avicenna and treats also the BoWers of senses, ima- gination and phantasy.—/fine, spotless copy.