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RYFF, WALTHER HERMANN. Die kleiner Chirurgi . . . Das ist der Grund und Kern gemeyner Eynleyttung der gantzen Wundartznei. 11 woodcut illustrations, 3 of them full-page, including 2 of the venous and arterial systems copied from Vesalius. [4], 198, [10] leaves, including final blank. 4to, 193x146 mm, contemporary German blind-tooled deerskin(?) over pasteboard with panel stamp of Christ bearing cross on front cover and center panel on rear cover containing vertical roll signed CH depicting Lucretia, repeating volutes in spine compartments, remnants of silk ties, worn overall, with gilt on front cover decoration mostly rubbed off, spine ends chipped; contents toned with mostly marginal foxing, minor soiling on title. 16th-century woodcut armorial bookplate of Veit August Holzschuher by Jost Amman (Leiningen-Westerberg, pages 127-28); bookplate of Cortlandt F. Bishop (sold as lot 1996 in his sale, 14 November 1938). (Strassburg: heirs of Balthasar Beck), 1551
Second edition of a manual of anatomy and minor surgical procedures originally published in 1542, by a Strassburg writer on medical and miscellaneous subjects known for plagiarizing the works of better-known contemporaries. Cushing II.-14; Durling 4017.
