New edition for the first three volumes, which appeared respectively in 1742 and 1743; volumes 4 and 5 appear here for the first time in 1765 and 1773. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary blonde calf, marbled and glazed. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Headcaps of volumes 1 and 2 worn; headcaps of volumes 3, 4 and 5 frayed; tailcaps of volumes 2 and 5 worn. 4 corners bumped across the set. A handsome set overall.
Hermann Boerhaave is one of the great figures of modern medicine, founder of clinical medicine, who published in 1709 his most famous book which contributed to his fame throughout Europe: the Aphorisms, a sort of fundamental manual in the knowledge of diseases and their treatments. Van Swieten was one of Boerhaave's pupils and disciples whose lectures attracted audiences from all over Europe. He worked for ten years on the Aphorisms; his interpretation contributed particularly to filling the entire 18th century with Boerhaave's name.
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