Johann KENTMANN
Calculorum qui in corpore ac membris hominum innascuntur genera XII. depicta descriptaque, cum Historijs singulorum admirandis, per Jo. Kentmanum Dresdensem medicum [12 sortes de calculs qui se forment dans les membres des hommes]
S. n. • [ J. Gessner]|Tiguri [Zurich] • [Zurich] [Zurich] 1565|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
First and only edition of this rare treatise. Printer's device on title page and 11 in-text figures of different stones found in the human body. Small historiated initials.
Full 19th-century paper binding, shagreen title label, trace of pale yellow dampstain from leaf 15 to the end.
This treatise on stones or calculi is the first describing these phenomena; each of the 12 chapters explores a part of the human body where calculi were found (intestine, kidneys, gallbladder...). Additionally, the work relates various inedible objects that were ingested. Kentmann (1518-1574) was both mineralogist and physician, and particularly well placed to discourse on the subject.
Full 19th-century paper binding, shagreen title label, trace of pale yellow dampstain from leaf 15 to the end.
This treatise on stones or calculi is the first describing these phenomena; each of the 12 chapters explores a part of the human body where calculi were found (intestine, kidneys, gallbladder...). Additionally, the work relates various inedible objects that were ingested. Kentmann (1518-1574) was both mineralogist and physician, and particularly well placed to discourse on the subject.
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