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ALPINI, PROSPERO. De medicina Aegyptiorum, libri quatuor. & Jacobi Bontii . . . de medicina Indorum, editio ultima. Woodcut illustrations, including 2 full-page. [11], 150 [i. e., 153], [25]; 39 [i. e., 33], [1] leaves. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, 237x174 mm, contemporary reversed sheep over boards, quite worn, front cover detached; contents heavily browned, scattered spotting, dark stain in lower margin of F3-4, blank lower outer corner off Z1. Paris: apud Nicholaum Redelichuysen, 1645
The first important work on the history of Egyptian medicine, originally published in 1591. This edition also reprints writings by Jacobus de Bondt on tropical medicine, based on his experiences in the Dutch East Indies. Krivatsy 236; cf. Garrison-Morton 6468 and 2263; DSB I, 124-25.
