Oct 09, 2003 - Sale 1979

Sale 1979 - Lot 10

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ALPINO, PROSPERO. De medicina Aegyptiorum, libri quatuor. & Jacobi Bontii . . . de medicina Indorum, editio ultima. [11], 150, [25]; 39, [1] leaves. 4to, sheep-backed boards circa 1800, spine rubbed, front joint darkened and worn; contents browned, old inscriptions and stamp on title. Paris: apud Nicholaum Redelichuysen, 1645
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The first important work on the history of Egyptian medicine, first 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.