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VANDEN BOSSCHE, Guillaume

"Historia medica, in qua libris iv; Animalium natura, et eorum medica utilitas exacte & luculenter tractantur. Cum iconibus eorum, ad vivum delineatis"

Brussel
Jan Mommart
1639

€950,00

In-4°, [8] ff, 434 pp + index, met 80 houtsneden van vogels, zoogdieren, vissen en insecten in de tekst, sommige katernen verbruind. Drukkersmerk op laatste folio. Perkamentband versierd met goud, vochtschade op achterplat

1st and only edition of this rare and interesting medical study of animals by the town physician of Dendermonde (fl. 1638). Ill. with 80 charming woodcuts in text representing animals (birds, mammals, fishes, insects, snakes...), with p. 173 signed ""I.C.I."" : Christofel Jegher (Antwerp 1596-1653) was ""houte printsnyder"" and worked for the Plantin Press between 1625 and 1643. Woodcut mark on title, large printer's mark at the end.
Provenance:
Hering, Philadelphia. Krivatsy 1603. Wellcome 994. Bibl. Med. Neerl. I 363. BL London (2). BN Paris (2). NUC (9).