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Unrecorded set of proofs of Pfann’s emblems, many of medical character

PFANN, Johann. Biblische Emblemata und Figuren welche in den zweijen verneurten Stuben, dess Hospitals zum heiligen Geist in Nürmberg allen Krancken zu sonderm Trost anstatt der Schrifft sind vorgemalet worden.
[Nuremberg], 1626. Oblong 8vo (13.5 x 18 cm). With engraved title page (4to and partly folded) and 16 engraved emblems within varying baroque frames, with manuscript text below. Contemporary sprinkled paper wrappers. [1], 16 ll. Full description
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Dutch translation of an immensely popular book of secrets

PIEDMONT, Alexis of (Girolamo RUSCELLI). De secreeten ... inhoudende seer excellente ende wel geapprobeerde remedien, tegen veelderhande krancheden, wonden ende andere accidenten: met de maniere van distilleren, perfumeren, confituyren maecken, te verwen, coloeuren ende gieten.
Amsterdam, Hendrick Laurensz., 1636. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Modern sheepskin. 260, [12]; 164, [11], [1 blank] pp. Full description
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Between surgery and the supernatural

PIGRAY, Pierre. Epitome praeceptorum medicinae chirurgiae cum ampla singulis morbis conuenientum remediorum expositione ...
Paris, by the widow of Marc Orry, 1612. 8to. With an engraved title, an engraved portrait of the author, several woodcut head- and tailpieces, and decorated woodcut initials throughout. Contemporary overlapping vellum, 11, [1], 771, [33] pp. Full description
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Exceptionally rare Dutch edition of a medical manual by a French royal surgeon

PIGRAY, Pierre and Pieter Rutgersz. VAN NIEUSTADT (translator). Kort begryp van de genees ende heel-konst.
Amsterdam, widow of Jacob Theunisz Lootsman, 1661. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary overlapping vellum. [12], 450, [10] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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First Dutch edition of an obstetrical guide how to help women with problems during childbirth

PORTAL, Paulus. De practyk der vroed'meesters, en vroed'vrouwen, of de wyse van een vrouw' te helpen in haar kinderbaren. Uyt de Franse in de Nederduytse tale overgeset.
Amsterdam, Timotheus ten Hoorn. 1690. 8vo. With an engraved portrait of the author facing the title page and 8 full-page engraved plates of embryos and a placenta. Contemporary vellum, purple library stamp on the front board. [1 blank], [23], 342, [7], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
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First edition of a scarce anonymous medical work

P.T. Med. Doct. [= Carolus de MAETS?]. Chemia rationalis rationibus philosophicis, observationibus medicis, debitis dosibus, &c. illustrata, cum indice capitum, medicamentorum, eorumque dosium. Accedit Praxis chymiatrica rationalis, demonstrans qua in re singularum partium consistat operatio, per quam causam tollatur, & per quænam remedia (utpote chymicalia vegetabilibus justa methodo mixta) possit restitui. Cum triplici indice. Uno capitum, altero remediorum, tertio simplicium, ad calcem adjecto.
Leiden, Jacobus Mocquee, 1687. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With woodcut title vignettes, initials, and head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum, blue sprinkled edges. [4], 168, [8]; [2], 154, [22] pp. Full description
€ 3,950
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A little-known medical treatise from one of the greatest minds in the history of medicine

RAZI, Abu Bakr Muhammaed ibn Zakariyya al-. Taqasim al-ilal. [= Classification of diseases].
Western Persia, 996 AH [= 1588 CE]. 2 volumes. Tall 8vo (18.5 x 10 cm). Arabic manuscript on paper. Black naskh script with important words and phrases picked out in red. Stored in a custom-made red cloth box, disbound, originally bound as one. 109; 89 ll. Full description
€ 65,000
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