Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 245

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
GÄBELKHOVER, OSWALD. Artzneybuch. [12], 424; [2], 434, [3] pages. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin with concentric ornamental and historiated rolls surrounding Holy Monogram on covers, brass catches and clasps; contents browned, early owners' signatures on title. [Frankfurt am Main]: Nicolaus Hoffmann for Johann Jacob Porsch and Johann Berner, 1610

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Popular health manual originally published in 1589 comprising sections on remedies for maladies affecting all parts of the body, including psychiatric and nervous disorders; gynecology and pediatrics, with much on skin and hair care and cosmetic preparations; and fevers, wound treatment, and medicinal formulas. Krivatsy 4469.