Gäbelkhover,O. Medical book, in which from the... Lot 1413

Gäbelkhover,O. Medical book, in which from the gracious will of... For all, of the human body, ailments and infirmities, extra-read and authorized doctors... By the Most Eminent of your F.G. Hofmedicum Oswaldt Gäbelkhovern... 5 pp. in 1 vol. Stuttgart, Gruppenbach 1595. 4°. 6 pp., 424 p., 1 pp., 434 p., 2 pp. Blind embossed. Hogshead boards over wooden boards. (backstrip renewed, clasps missing, rubbed, joints cracked). VD 16, G 20. Benzing 7. Wellcome I, 2488. Durling 1733. - According to VD 16 the sixth edition (the third by Gruppenbach) of the popular and often reprinted popular pharmacopoeia, which was first published in 1589. With often seemingly curious recipes and indications. The first part is of a general nature, the second deals in detail with obstetrics, women's and children's diseases, the third with febrile diseases and epidemics (plague), the fourth with wound remedies and the fifth with "etliche köstliche Arzneyen von Wasser, Pulver, auch außerlesene Salben" etc. - Heavy signs of wear, mostly heavily waterstained, some leaves with marginal defects. (without loss of text), title page detached.