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Zustand: New. pp. 991.

Zustand: New. pp. 991.

Folio (240 x 354 mm). (18), 191 ff. (without final blank). Printer's device on title page and, in a different version, on the last page. Contemporary cardboard binding with marbled spine and ms. label. Stored in custom-made cloth-and-paper slipcase. First issue under this title, previously released as "Expositio in primam fen quarti canonis Avicennae" (1506). A commentary (with the text, in the version of Gerardus Cremonensis) of book four, part (fen) one of Avicenna's systematic "Canon of Medicine", written in Arabic but widely translated throughout the Middle Ages and the basis of medical training in the West as late as the mid-17th century. It continues in use to this day in parts of the Arab world. Through this encyclopedic work, the author exerted "perhaps a wider influence in the eastern and western hemispheres than any other Islamic thinker" (PMM). "The 'Qanun' [.] contains some of the most illuminating thoughts pertaining to distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy; contagious nature of phthisis; distribution of diseases by water and soil; careful description of skin troubles; of sexual diseases and perversions; of nervous ailments" (Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science). The present part is dedicated to a discussion of feverish illnesses. - 18th century ownership "Manhem" on title page. Some brownstaining throughout, as common; some waterstains near end; occasional inkstains and marginal annotations. An untrimmed, comparatively wide-margined copy. - Edit 16, CNCE 2345. Adams A 1541. Durling 245. Cf. Wellcome I, 387 (only the Venice reprint). PMM 11.…

Zustand: Good. Later stiff vellum. 22 x 31.9cm. 497 numbered leaves = 994pp. Four full page woodcuts including bathers in the baths and a map of the Adriatic seas and surrounding territorries. Lacking leaf 489. .OCLC Number:14308346Notes: The augmented first edition of an anthology of works on baths and bathing by more than 70 Greek, Latin, and Arab authors, including Celsus, Petrus de Abano, Savonarola, Avicenna, and ?Abd al-Rah?ma?n ibn Muh?ammad ibn Wa?fid.Colophon (leaf 488r) reads: Venetijs apud haeredes Lucaeantonij Iuntae.Edited by Tommaso Giunta, whose dedicatory preface, dated July 7, 1552, is addressed to Francesco Contarini (1477-1558), son of cavalliere Zaccaria Contarini, and later, prefect of Padua.Woodcuts: large Giunta lily device on title page; historiated white initials; illustrations (all full-page) include a pictorial map of the region surrounding Venice; drawing of a pool at a health resort, in which men and women, including a blind man and a man on crutches, are using the water for recreation, cures, washing, and drinking; drawing of thermal baths having separate rooms for steam, showering, and warm and cold pools; and a plan for a three-prong system of baths, having hot and cool pools, fountains and underground channels directing water flow.Text printed in roman type, with some italic, in two columns; upper case reference letters in margins; printed marginal references in small roman type.Includes (leaves 307r-308r) "De thermis quae ad Timavi ostia sunt incerto authore", with prefatory remarks by the editor Tommaso Giunta. According to Giunta, the treatise derives from letters written by Giacomo Valvasone, but in the contents list on leaf 1?r, the word "Incerto" has been cancelled using a type rule, and authorship has been assigned to Jovita Rapicius.Leaves 489-497 (signature 3q ?) are an addition, containing "De balneis compendium ex Hippocrate et Galeno" by Giovanni Antonio Sicco.Includes alphabetical indexes of authors represented in the collection, and names of baths. In-folio vélin moderne (qlqs pages restaurées dont 488 et 497, manque la page 489, qq rousseurs et petites taches). 4 gravures sur bois à pleine page dans le texte et de nombreuses initiales gravées sur bois. Première édition de ce précieux recueil publié par Tomasso Giunta (1494-1566), réunissant les principaux traités touchant les bains et les eaux thermales composés depuis l'Antiquité classique jusqu'à la Renaissance, formant une histoire complète de la balnéologie tant occidentale qu'orientale. L'ouvrage regroupe les textes de plus de 70 auteurs parmi lesquels on retrouve Aristote, Avicenne, Hippocrate, Galien, Seneque, mais aussi Savonarole, Fuchs, Conrad Gessner, Agricola, etc. Il contient la description d'environ 200 lieux de thermalisme et plusieurs des traités présents dans ce recueil ne sont connus que grâce à cette édition. Le traité de Gessner sur les sources thermales de Suisse et d'Allemagne y paraît pour la première fois. L'édition est illustrée de 5 gravures sur bois représentant le plan d'un bain naturel près de Pozzuoli (f. 287), les machines pour les bains de Fideris en Suisse (f. 295), une très grande vue des bains de Plombières en France (f. 299), une carte de la côte Adriatique dans la zone de Trieste (f. 306 v°) et la représentation d'un bain romain (f. 489 v°). Manque la dernière gravure dans notre ouvrage. On trouve également de jolies lettrines historiées. Belle impression sur deux colonnes en lettres rondes de Tommaso et Giovanni Maria Giunta, fils de Lucantonio Giunta.…

Folio (227 x 317 mm). (18), 191 ff. (without final blank). Printer's device on title page and, in a different version, on the last page. Contemporary vellum. Traces of ties. First issue under this title, previously released as "Expositio in primam fen quarti canonis Avicennae" (1506). A commentary (with the text, in the version of Gerardus Cremonensis) of book four, part (fen) one of Avicenna's systematic "Canon of Medicine", written in Arabic but widely translated throughout the Middle Ages and the basis of medical training in the West as late as the mid-17th century. It continues in use to this day in parts of the Arab world. Through this encyclopedic work, the author exerted "perhaps a wider influence in the eastern and western hemispheres than any other Islamic thinker" (PMM). "The 'Qanun' [.] contains some of the most illuminating thoughts pertaining to distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy; contagious nature of phthisis; distribution of diseases by water and soil; careful description of skin troubles; of sexual diseases and perversions; of nervous ailments" (Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science). The present part is dedicated to a discussion of feverish illnesses. - 17th century ownership "Bernardinus Statius Phys." on flyleaf. Some brownstaining throughout, as common; some worming to spine. Still a good copy. - Edit 16, CNCE 2345. Adams A 1541. Durling 245. Cf. Wellcome I, 387 (only the Venice reprint). PMM 11.…