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LE BAILLIF (ROCH)
Le demosterion... Aquel sont contenuz trois cens aphormismes latins & francois. Sommaire veritable de la medicine paracelsique, FIRST EDITION, Rennes, Pierre le Bret, 1578

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
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LE BAILLIF (ROCH)

Le demosterion... Aquel sont contenuz trois cens aphormismes latins & francois. Sommaire veritable de la medicine paracelsique, FIRST EDITION, woodcut device on title, one woodcut illustration of palmistry in the text, 2 large letterpress tables, some browning, thin wormtrail touching a few letters of final gatherings, nineteenth century half sheep, rubbed [Durling 2746; Sudhoff, Paracelsus, pp.314-15; Wellcome 14307063], 8vo, Rennes, Pierre le Bret, 1578

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The first edition of a summary of Paracelsian medicine, with additional medical material including cures for leprosy, dropsy, and gout, and more esoteric information on magic, mysticism, palmistry, and the baths of Brittany.

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