BONTEKOE, Cornelis.
Korte verhandeling van 's menschen leven, gesondheid, siekte, en dood, begrepen in een drie ledige reden, I. Over 't lighaam en sijne werkingen in gesondheid; II. Over de siekte en desselfs oorsaken; III. Over de middelen, om het leven en de gesondheid te bewaren en te verlengen (...).
The Hague, Pieter Hagen, 1685. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With the title page printed in red and black. Including: [IDEM]. Drie verhandelingen, I. Over de natuur. II. Over de bevinding. III. Over de sekerheit in de genees- en heel-kunde.
Contemporary vellum. [124], 409, [14]; [4], 76 pp.
€ 1,250
First edition of the main work of Cornelis Bontekoe, in which he also incorporated several earlier publications. Cornelis (Decker) Bontekoe (1647-1685), studied medicine at Leiden, and was a strong defender of the chemical system of De Boe Sylvius, and a great admirer of Descartes, whose philosophical ideas he applied to medical science. Being a rather difficult character, Bontekoe wandered from city to city, untill at last he ended up as the personal physician of the Electoral Prince of Brandenburg. He was a strong promotor of the use of tea, coffee, chocolate, and tobacco as a means to stay in good health.
Good copy. BMN I, p. 60; STCN 407739939 (1 copy); Thijssen-Schoute, p. 149; cf. Krivatsy 1527 (other ed.); Wellcome II, p. 201 (German ed.).
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