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Babenausen, Buchdruckereiu Jos. Kreutzer & Co., 1937, 8°, (2), 23, (1) pp., orig. Broschur; St.a.Tit. Aus dem dem medizingeschichtlichen Seminar der Universität München. Vorstad : Privatdozent Dr. med. et phi. M. Müller. "Der Verfasser wurde als Sohn des Landwirts Mathias Loracher und seiner Ehefrau Amalie, geb. Heinzelmann, am 16.II.1910 zu Eppishausen in Schwaben geboren." Lebenslauf.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First. "Second edition" (but first thus, largely revised). Amsterdam: Lodewijck and Daniel Elzevir, 1658. Folio in 6s (8 3/8" x 13 9/16", 214mm x 344mm). [Full collation available.] With an engraved title page and 530 woodcuts integral with the text. Bound in contemporary calf (re-backed) with a blind roll border and corner ornaments. On the spine, 5 raised bands. Author and title ("PISONIS/ HISTORIA/ NATURALIS") gilt to red sheepskin in the second panel. Date gilt to tail. All edges of the text-block mottled red. Re-backed, with the end-papers renewed. Gently scuffed, with some craquelure to the bottom edge of the rear board, and a crescent of damp at the spine-edge. Tanned generally with scattered foxing. Title-leaf reinserted and strengthened at the fore. Crude repairs to the index leaf (3T6), not affecting the text. Linnaean binomials inked beside numerous botanical woodcuts. Collated complete against Landwehr. Soon after receiving his medical degree from Caen in 1633, Willem Piso (Pies; 1611-1678) was offered a position in the Dutch West India Company (Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie, or GWC) as a physician to the governor of Dutch Brazil, Prince Johann Maurits of Orange-Nassau. Piso left for Brazil alongside the German naturalist and astronomer Georg Marcgraf (Marggraf, Marcgrave; 1610-1644), with whom he authored his first text on the flora and fauna of Brazil, Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (see our first edition). Marcgraf died of a fever during an exploration in Guinea prior to its release, but Piso went forward with their collaboration, publishing the work in 1648. Ten years later, Piso saw the work to press. The text was advertised as a revised and expanded edition of the Historia, but Sabin argues differently, noting that "a number of the woodcuts in this work are reproduced from [Historia, therefore,] this is sometimes said to be a second edition. It is in fact a different work, as a comparison of its contents will prove." Although this volume retained Marcgraf's contributions, Piso's editorial choices -- marked by transcription errors and substantial omissions -- drew criticism, notably from Carolus Linnaeus, who had relied on Historia for his own classification work in the years after its release. The compilation additionally includes the posthumous work of Jacob Bontius (1592-1631), a Dutch physician who served in the Indonesian archipelago. His detailed observations on the dysentery epidemic and the practices of local physicians provided valuable insights into tropical diseases and their treatments. Despite the editorial controversy, De Indiae Utriusque re naturali et medica made a lasting impact by documenting indigenous botanical knowledge holistically. It builds upon one of the earliest surveys of the region and remains a cornerstone of Dutch naturalism. The present volume was lot 112 at Sotheby's "Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern" sale in London (12 December 2023). It previously resided in the library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft. Jay Haft (1935-2022) was a corporate lawyer, a dedicated philanthropist, and an avid collector. Hunt 280; Landwehr, VOC 828; Sabin 63031. Catalogued by GR Murdock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 4to (small). New edition, i.e. three works in one volume. Period binding, half parchment over paper boards. [xxvi], 325, [47] index, [ii], 44, [4] index, [109], [2] index. Engraved and rubricated title page. [6] copper engraved plates. Remains of bookplate inside front cover. Covers generally worn. Hinges cracked. Internally very good, with some minor sporadic foxing and a few spots of pencil marginalia.

2 works in 1 volume. Very rare work on medicine in the East and West Indies, compiled for the use of naval and tropical surgeons, including ships' doctors on VOC and WIC ships. Dutch physicians Jacobus Bontius (or Jacob de Bondt, 1592-1631) and Willem Piso (or Gulielmus Piso, 1611-1678) are both considered to be the founders of the field of tropical medicine. Bontius worked in the East Indies. His chapters contain the first modern descriptions of cholera, beriberi, tropical dysentery, and yaws. Piso worked in Brazil during the Dutch period (1630-1654). He is known for his research on local medicinal plants, including the jaborandi, and discovered that Brazilian lemons were particularly effective for treating scurvy. The work is very rare. According to WorldCat, it is only present in a few libraries worldwide. We have also not been able to trace any other copies in sales records of the past 100 years.The present work is a Dutch translation of De medica Indorum (1642) by Bontius, the first Dutch work on tropical medicine, and Historia naturalis Brasiliae (1648) by Piso and Georg Markgraf (also known as Georg Marcgrave or Marggraf, 1610-1644), which is also considered to be a pioneering work in the field. As the present work was meant as a practical guide for surgeons, only the most relevant chapters of the Latin editions have been included.This is the first Dutch edition of Piso's work, but the second of Bontius'. Although most reference works do not mention this, the Dutch translation of Bontius' work had already been published in 1673 as Oost-Indische warande. As a result, the present work is the second edition, but it is the first to combine these two pioneering works.The last work in this binding, written by VOC physician Johannes Verbrugge (17th century) is a catalogue of drugs that physicians should carry on their travels to the East and West Indies, and includes a list of diseases that are common on those voyages and their cures. It is a logical addition to the other two works and is rarely found separately.With an ownership inscription on the first flyleaf ("4 d Verwilghen") ("Van den bussche"), and another on the second flyleaf ("Ch. Verwilghen 1829"), probably referring to the Verwilghen family, a notable and noble Belgian family originating from the Waasland region. Further with a small wormhole in the upper margin, (not affecting the text), very slight browning and foxing throughout, and the upper support is slightly loosened for the quires in the second half of the work. Otherwise in good condition.l Krivatsy 1500; Landwehr VOC, 829; Sabin 6341; STCN 102642796 (3 copies, incl. 1 incomplete); USTC 1838762 (4 copies); WorldCat 1154809136 (9 copies); cf. Borba de Moraes II, p. 676 (different ed.); Garrison & Morrison 2263 and 2263.1 (different eds.). Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, sewn on 3 supports laced through the joints, with the title in brown ink on the head of the spine, and sprinkled edges. Ad 1 with an engraved title page, erroneously mentioning the year 1693, a small fleur-de-lis woodcut vignette on the title page, a woodcut decorated initial and a woodcut tail-piece. Ad 2 with a large woodcut vignette on the title page, and three woodcut decorated initials. Pages: [8], 304, [7], [1 blank], 96 pp. With: (2) VERBRUGGE, Johannes. De nieuwe verbeterde chirurgyns scheeps-kist, sijnde een catalogus ofte lijste der medicamenten die yder chirurgijn naer Oost- of West Indiën gemeenlyk mede-voert.Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1693.

Lugduni Batavorum, apud Gerardum Potvliet, 1745, 4°, 11 Bl., 325, (45) pp., (2), pp.73-258, (2), 8 Kupferstichtafeln, Kalbsledereinband der Zeit mit reichlicher Rückenvergoldung; Gelenke angeborchen, aber fest, ein feines Exemplar. Alpini (1553-1617) was an Italian physician and botanist who graduated from Padua and traveled through Greece, Crete, and Egypt from 1580 to 1583.First printed in 1591, this work on Egyptian medicine gives the first European recognition of the medicinal value of coffee. The second work by Jacob de Bondt is an important work on diseases of the East Indies. It includes the first modern descriptions of cholera, tropical dysentery, yaws, and beri-beri.