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PARÉ, Ambroise

Opera chirurgica

Franckfurt a.m.
J. Feyrabend and Petri Fischeri
1594

€3.200,00

Folio (33.5 x 21 cm), [12], 851, [28 - last leaf shorter] pp, title printed in red and black with large woodcut device, another device at end, portrait of Paré and more than 300 illustrations in text a.o. the famous monsters, a little occasional spotting and waterstains, contemporary vellum binding. Very nice copy

Second Latin edition of Pare's works. Pare became one of the greatest surgeons of his century, known for re-introducing the simple ligature for the treatment of gunshot wounds, rather than the practice of cauterization with boiling oil. He invented a number of surgical and dental instruments, as well as prosthetics, many of which are illustrated in this work. Adams P314. Ex-libris: 'Ad Bibl. Acad. Land.'. Ref.: VD 16, ZV 12172. - BM STC, German Books S. 674. - Adams P 313. - Durling 3532. - Malgaigne S. 327. - Doe 48

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