MANFREDI, GIROLAMO. Opera nuova intitulata Il Perchè, utilissima ad inte[n]dere le Cagioni de Molte Cose:& massimamente alla Conservatione della Sanità, & Phisonomia. Et Virtù delle Herbe. Printer's large woodcut device on title. [16], 134 [i. e., 143], [1] leaves, including final blank. 8vo, 147x95 mm, 18th-century vellum boards with leather lettering piece; margins trimmed without text loss, occasional soiling. Rush Medical College Library stamp on title and 2 text leaves. (Venice: Alessandro Viana, 1567)
Collection of questions and answers in the tradition of the pseudo-Aristotelian Problemata, dealing mainly with topics in health maintenance and physiognomy. The original edition was published in 1474.
