Nov 03, 2006 - Sale 2092

Sale 2092 - Lot 188

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
PRIMROSE, JAMES. De vulgi erroribus in medicina. [20], 561, [1] pages. 12mo, later sheep, rebacked; title soiled and dampstained, with old Lyon Jesuit stamp. Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1658

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First published in 1638, " . . . a curious work on a variety of topics, including the choice of physicians and nurses, on taking mercury, on tobacco and opium, and the falsity of astrology and almanac prognosticators, as well as a continued attack on Harvey"--Heirs of Hippocrates 452 (1685 edition). Krivatsy 9286 (this edition).