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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - De Medicina Aegyptiorum, Volumes 1-2, by Prosper Alpini, explores the medical practices and knowledge of ancient Egypt. Written in Latin, this comprehensive work delves into the historical context of Egyptian medicine, offering insights into the remedies, treatments, and understanding of the human body prevalent in that era. Alpini's detailed examination provides a valuable resource for understanding the roots of modern medicine and the sophistication of ancient medical techniques. This historical text is essential for scholars and anyone interested in the history of medicine and ancient Egyptian culture.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. …

2 Bde. 8°. III-XVI (Vortitel fehlend), 392 S. - (2 Bl.), 635 S. Pappbände der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung (bes. Bd. 1 berieben und bestoßen). Unterschiedliche Einbände. Bd. 1 mit umlaufendem Rot-, Bd. 2 mit Grünschnitt. Bd. 1 auf einzelnen Seiten geringfügig fleckig, von S. 121-200 mit kleinem Feuchtigkeitsrand in der oberen Außenecke. Sonst beide Bde. in äußerst schöner Erhaltung. Sprache: Latein.…

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon. In-4.; Reliure plein cuir en très bel état, nerfs et caissons dorés très frais au dos, quelques usures sur les plats et au bord des plats; coupes rouges, intérieur très bon y compris le portrait frontispice comme neuf; 559 pages; rousseurs sur l'index uniquement à la fin du livre; très bel exemplaire.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Combined Edition. Contemporary vellum (soiled), hand-lettered spine. Title page lightly stained; tiny wormhold through textblock, occasionally touching a letter; light stain in some inner corners and lower margins.

4to. (16), 344 pp. Engraved architectural title with portraits of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, 145 finely etched and engraved botanical plates in the text, ornamental initials. Contemporary blind-tooled calf with gilt spine. Edges sprinkled red. Third edition (in fact, a re-issue with changed title page date only) of Alpini's further observations on exotic plants. The specimens here presented were collected primarily in Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean, including many xerophilous plants from Egypt and scores of plants not mentioned in earlier works. The first edition was published posthumously in 1627 and was edited by the author's son, Alpini Alpini. The work (in all its editions) is much rarer than the author's better-known "De plantis Aegyptii". "Date altered by hand [from 1629] to MDCLVI" (Krivatsy). - Prospero Alpini (1553-1617), an Italian physician and botanist, travelled through Greece, Crete, and Egypt from 1580 to 1583 with the Venetian Consul Giorgio Eno. He worked as a medical advisor and took the opportunity to carry out botanical investigations. His work includes the first European recognition of the medicinal value of coffee and introduced banana and baobab. "Alpini became professor of botany at Padua after having spent three years in Egypt" (Garrison/M., p. 992). - Binding rebacked, showing some light wear to extremities, but a good, clean copy. - Removed from the Large Library at Goodwood House (Chichester, West Sussex) with bookplate on front pastedown; latterly in the collection of Cornelius J. Hauck (his tree bookplate dated 15 March 1944). - Nissen BBI 21. Krivatsy 241 (copy 2). Cf. Pritzel 112. Not in Wellcome, Waller, or Osler.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - De Medicina Aegyptiorum, Volumes 1-2, by Prosper Alpini, explores the medical practices and knowledge of ancient Egypt. Written in Latin, this comprehensive work delves into the historical context of Egyptian medicine, offering insights into the remedies, treatments, and understanding of the human body prevalent in that era. Alpini's detailed examination provides a valuable resource for understanding the roots of modern medicine and the sophistication of ancient medical techniques. This historical text is essential for scholars and anyone interested in the history of medicine and ancient Egyptian culture.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. …

4to. 2 parts in one vol. (4), XX, 410 pp., final blank f. (2), 20 pp. With engraved portrait of the author, woodcut title vignette, and woodcut printer's device (Aldus's dolphin and anchor) on half-title. - (Bound with) II: Hippocrates. Aphorismi, ad mentem ipsius, artis usum, & corporis mechanismi rationem expositi. Auctore Joanne Hecquet. A Parisiana editione editio prima. Naples, Felix Musca for Giuseppe Ponzelli, 1731. (8), XV, (1), 336 pp. Contemporary calf with labels to giltstamped spine. All edges sprinkled in red. Marbled pastedowns. Later edition of this "classic treatise on prognosis based on Hippocrates' writings" (Eimas). Prosper Alpini (1553-1617) was personal physician to the Doge Andrea Doria; he spent three years in Egypt as a botanist and published the first scientific description of the coffee plant. - Title page has 1744 ms. ownership and Budapest library stamps. - II: Rare Neapolitan edition of Hippocrates' Aphorisms: Greek text and Latin translation with an extensive Latin commentary. Slight edge defects to title; contemp. ms. ownership. - Traces of bookplates on pastedowns; white-out on flyleaf. Slightly browned due to paper; noticeable worming to spine-ends. - I: Blake 12. Osler 1801. Wellcome II, 36. Cf. Eimas 386. Garrison/Morton 2194 (1601 first ed.). - II: Blake 213. Wellcome III, 272. This edition not in Hoffmann or Schweiger.…

1st Edition. First edition, title page corrected at lines 6-8 (as per Mortimer). With 2 full-page woodcuts, and others in text; title page vignette, ornamental initials throughout. [12], 150, [25] leaves. 1 vols. 4to in 8s (245 x 174mm.). The "first important work on the history of Egyptian medicine. Alpini became professor of botany at Padua after having spent three years (1581-3) in Egypt" (Garrison-Morton). He was the physician top the Venetian consul at Cairo. Alpini's next book, De plantis Aegypti (1592), contains the first discussion and illustration of coffee, in European scientific literature (early sources often cite in error the present work as the first mention of coffee). Alpini does discuss the use and effects of cannabis (f. 121). Garrsison-Morton 6468; Biblotheca Osleriana 1796; Durling 178; Garrison-Morton 6468; Hunt 161; Mortimer/Harvard Italian 16; Norman 39; Adams A-802; Wellcome 232; Simon, Bibl. Bacchia II, 42; Mueller 5; STC/Italian 20 Old limp vellum, later cloth label. Usual light soiling. Some dampstaining to bottom corner margin in gatherings L-R. Early marginal notes on three leaves (47v, 48v, 103r). Ownership signatures of Giuseppi Nedili and Jeome Coli at foot of title page. Bookplate of Otto Orren Fisher With 2 full-page woodcuts, and others in text; title page vignette, ornamental initials throughout. [12], 150, [25] leaves. 1 vols. 4to in 8s (245 x 174mm.) First edition, title page corrected at lines 6-8 (as per Mortimer).…

4to (166 x 210 mm). Two parts in one volume. (20), 248, (12) pp. (8), 70, 73-146, (2), 151-306, (26) pp. (omitting ff. I4 [pp. 71f.] and T2 [pp. 147f.], as usual.) Title-pages printed in red and black. With 102 (8 folding) engraved plates. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. First collected edition of Alpini's major work on Egyptian plant and animal life. The first part, often referred to as "Rerum Aegyptiarum", is published here for the first time, while the second part, "Plantis Aegypti", first appeared in 1592 and is here supplemented with notes and observations by the author's successor, Johann Vesling. - Alpini (1553-1617) was trained in medicine in Padua and appointed physician to the Venetian Consul in Alexandria, Giorgio Eno, with whom he travelled through Greece, Crete, and Egypt from 1580 to 1583. During this time he made extensive studies of Egyptian and Mediterranean flora, and is reputed to be the first to have artificially fertilized date trees. Upon his return to Venice, in 1586, he became personal physician to Andre Doria, Prince of Melfi. He returned to Padua in 1593 and became a professor of botany and director of the botanical garden at the University of Padua, where he cultivated many of the plants referred to in "Plantis Aegypti". This, "the earliest treatise on the native plants of Egypt" and "the author's most important scientific work" (Hünersdorff), contains the first European recognition of the medicinal value of coffee (with the first European illustration of the coffee plant, labelled "Bon") and introduced bananas and baobab to Europe. Vesling took over the botanical gardens at Padua University upon Alpini's death, in 1617. - Plates 3 and 4 in first part bound between pp. 172f. in second part. Binding shows minor splitting along front joint, old soiling to rear board. Light scattered soiling in rear leaves. - Blackmer 27. Blake I, 12. Wellcome II, 36. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 32. Cole, Eales Library 301. Gay 1678. Hünersdorff I, 33. Henze I, 57. Nissen (BBI) 20. Pritzel 113. Paulitschke 716. Wood 188. DG 3.6360 (pt. 1) & 3.6356 (pt. 2). Cf. Howgego I, A 69. Hunt 164 & Mueller 5. Not in Nissen (ZBI) and Wilbour Library Cat. …

Zustand: Good. Contemp. limp vellum with early title in calligraphic script to spine (lightly waterstained). 2 parts in 1 vol. with separate titles, the main printed in red and black with woodcut device, floriated initials and decorative head- and tailpieces, 2 full-page woodcuts and other text illustrations.[14]pp; 150 numbered leaves; [50pp. index]; [2pp.]; 39 numbered leaves; [2pp.] Partially browned, a few leaves misnumbered, front pastedown wormed, scattered spotting and foxing, early inscription at rear. Alpini, an Italian physician and botanist, graduated from Padua and traveled through Greece, Crete, and Egypt from 1580 to 1583. Following his travels, he returned to Padua where he remained as professor of botany and director of the botanical garden until his death. This work was one of several books that resulted from his travels and is a comprehensive account of medicine as it was practiced in Egypt.While in Egypt Alpini studied its plant life ; his work, De plantis Aegypti liber, includes over seventy full-page illustrations of Egyptian plants, among them the earliest representations of the coffee and cotton plants. Also included in this work is Alpini's, De balsam, which sets forth, in the form of a dialogue between an Egyptian and a Hebrew physician, the merits and uses of balsam.OCLC Number: 863430430, for the 1645 edition, the e year before. auf deustch: TitelbeschreibungDe Medicina Aegyptiorvm Libri Quatuor, et . De Medicina Indorum. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. 1 Titel in Rot u. Schwarz mit Holzschnitt-Vignette, -Initialen, Kopf- u. Schlussvignetten, 2 Holzschnitttafeln u. -Textillustr. Paris, G. Pele & J. Duval, 1646. 7 Bl., 150 S., 26 Bl., 39 S., 1 Bl. Gr.-8°. Pgt. d. Zt. mit hs. kalligr. RTitel (leicht wasserfleckig). Annotation Deutsch Prosper Alpini (1553-1617), Arzt und Botaniker, war 1580 Arzt in Kairo, ab 1584 Marine-Arzt auf der Flotte des Andrea Doria. Später Professor der Botanik und Direktor des Botanischen Gartens in Padua. - Tls. gebräunt, braun- u. stockfleckig, vord. Innendeckel mit Wurmspur, einige Bl. falsch paginiert, hint. fl. Vorsatz mit Marginalie.…

0. Schönes Blatt, gute Erhaltung, links unten kleines Loch. - Vgl. Wellcome 57.1. Sprache: Deutschu.