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BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus (c.1450-c.1512). [Grosses Distillierbuch:] Das buch zu distillieren die zusamen gethonen ding. Strassburg: Johann Grüninger, 9 September 1519.
2° (299 x 202mm). 146 HAND-COLOURED WOODCUTS, including one double-page, and 9 half-page or large scenes, woodcut ornamental initials. Double-column with headline. (Browned, small wormholes in first and final few quires, some dampstaining.) Modern calf, red leather spine label. Provenance: a few contemporary annotations.
SECOND EDITION of 'a pharmaceutical-technical handbook that was the authority far into the sixteenth century' (DSB). It contains a wealth of information on methods of distillation, on plants and their medicinal use, on remedies and on surgery. The Thesaurus pauperum, which forms book five, was a useful pharmacopeia for the poor and was often reprinted. Written in German in order to have the widest practical influence, the Grosses Distillierbuch also derived much of its value from the many illustrations which accompany it, some of which had appeared in previous Grüninger editions. The Grosses Distillierbuch is a considerably enlarged version of the Kleines Distillierbuch, which Brunschwig published in 1500. RARE; not in Adams, National Library of Medicine, Waller, or Wellcome. Stillwell, Awakening, 828 (1512 ed.). VD-16 B-8699.
2° (299 x 202mm). 146 HAND-COLOURED WOODCUTS, including one double-page, and 9 half-page or large scenes, woodcut ornamental initials. Double-column with headline. (Browned, small wormholes in first and final few quires, some dampstaining.) Modern calf, red leather spine label. Provenance: a few contemporary annotations.
SECOND EDITION of 'a pharmaceutical-technical handbook that was the authority far into the sixteenth century' (DSB). It contains a wealth of information on methods of distillation, on plants and their medicinal use, on remedies and on surgery. The Thesaurus pauperum, which forms book five, was a useful pharmacopeia for the poor and was often reprinted. Written in German in order to have the widest practical influence, the Grosses Distillierbuch also derived much of its value from the many illustrations which accompany it, some of which had appeared in previous Grüninger editions. The Grosses Distillierbuch is a considerably enlarged version of the Kleines Distillierbuch, which Brunschwig published in 1500. RARE; not in Adams, National Library of Medicine, Waller, or Wellcome. Stillwell, Awakening, 828 (1512 ed.). VD-16 B-8699.
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