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HELMONT (JEAN BAPTISTE VAN)
Ortus medicinae. Id est, initia physicae inaudita. Progressus medicinae novus, 2 parts in 1, 1691; and works by Helmont, Celsapino, Santorio and Graaf (5)

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HELMONT (JEAN BAPTISTE VAN)

Ortus medicinae. Id est, initia physicae inaudita. Progressus medicinae novus, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait (possibly inserted from another copy), contemporary vellum, Amsterdam, Ludovic Elzevir, 1648; Paradoxal Discourse oder: Ungemeine Meynüngen von dem Macrocosmo und Microcosmo, first German edition, title printed in red and black, contemporary vellum, soiled, bookplate of M.K. Neudold, Hamburg, Gottfried Liebernickel, 1691--CELSAPINO (ANDREA) Katopron [in Greek], sive speculum artis medicae Hippocraticum, second edition, woodcut device on title, early signature of Joseph Anthoine on on rear endpaper, toning throughout, contemporary limp vellum [Krivatsy 2343; Wellcome 14103297], Frankfurt, M. Becker, 1605--SANTORIO (SANTORIO) De statica medicina, woodcut device on title, one full-page woodcut illustration of the author in a weighing chair, bookplate of E.N. da C. Andrade, eighteenth century calf gilt, rubbed [Wellcome 14307262], Leiden, David Lopes de Haro, 1642--GRAAF (REINIER DE) Opera omnia, second collected edition, engraved pictorial title, engraved portrait of the author, 25 engraved plates (most folding), illustrations in the text, some worming at inner margin of opening leaves, several tears repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked [Krivatsy 4906; Wellcome 15282586], Leiden, J.A. Huguetan, 1678, 8vo and small 4to (5)

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