Medicine. MERCURIALE. D. Hieronymi Mercurialis Foroliviensis… in secundum lib. Epid. Hipp...

Folio, 315x215 mm. Full vellum binding. Title handwritten on the spine. On the title page woodcut with an allegory of Forlì: a woman with helmet and armor holds a cornucopia in her left hand and a banner in her right, all surmounted by the motto "ferox feraxq. Livia". Pp. [4], 314, [12]. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Handwritten note on the end paper. Good specimen.

Rare first edition of this rare work by the great doctor and philosopher Girolamo Mercuriale famous for having first theorized the importance of gymnastics on a medical basis. He was one of the greatest scholars of the doctrine of Hippocrates which he analyzed in various studies. The work presented here was printed for the first time in 1626, twenty years after the death of its author, thanks to the interest of his son Massimiliano Mercuriale. The volume collects several unpublished writings by the illustrious doctor dedicated to various medical topics from dermatology to the analysis of different types of fevers, from dentistry and tooth abscesses to gastroenterology. The work also includes numerous pharmaceutical preparations.