Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 238

Price Realized: $ 180
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
BELLINI, LORENZO. A Mechanical Account of Fevers. xxxii, 416 pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf with modern leather lettering pieces, top of spine chipped, front cover detached; contents clean. London: A. Bell et al., 1720

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first edition in english of the section on fevers from the author's 1683 De urinis et pulsibus. "Considered a founder of Italian iatromechanism, Bellini was a pioneer in applying mechanical philosophy to the explanation of the functions of the human body"--DSB I, 592.