Marcus Aurelius Severino Severinus (3 results)

RARE 18th-century dissertation on the subject of Abscess by Marco Aurelio Severino [Marcus Aurelius Severinus], a Neapolitan physician and surgeon active during the 16th century. The book deals with the various forms of Abscess and related maladies, and dwells on its surgical treatment. The book features b&w plates with illustrations of surgeries and of some extreme cases of Abscess. 220x180mm. 557 pages. Patterned half-leather Hardcover. Cover worn and stained. Cover upper corners peeling. Rear cover bottom corner and spine bottom edge slightly peeling. Spine edges bumped/creased. Front whitepage and 2 pre-title pages upper edge loose from binding. Binding slightly visible between whitepage and frontispiece. Pages rough-cut as published. Pages yellowing and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This valuable 18th-century illustrated medical textbook is in good condition. The book is in : Latin.

A medical work on abscesses by Marco Aureliano Severino (1580-1656), a famous Italian surgeon and anatomist. The second, revised and enlarged edition ("Editio secunda multo auctior & correctior ab ipso autore reddita"). A complete, well-preserved copy. The book features an engraved title page and is illustrated with 21 copper engravings (mostly depictions of various abscesses). Antiqua typesetting; pages are decorated with headpieces, tailpieces and initials. /// Parchment binding with coloured edges; hardback, [28]+468+[46] pp., 8° (16 x 20 cm), parchment yellowed and slightly uneven, back cover has brown spots, back board slightly deformed, slightly starting hinge (binding still tight enough), front endpaper has small chips, tears and bookworm traces, both title pages are (not very skilfully) fixed with pieces of paper, pages yellowed, rarely with a few small brown spots, tiny chips skilfully fixed by bookbinder, condition: very good Book Language/s: Latin.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3 sheets (including title)+120 pages with 1 copper engraving portrait of the author, 1 title vignette and 1 text copper. 3 sheets (including title) bound with . Dell'Antica pettia overo the Palamede not è stato l'inventor degli Scacchi. Trattato . Nel quale si dà piena contezza non solo de 'Scacchi, ma di più Giuochi degli Antichi, non men dilettevoli, che necesssarii all'intelligenza di moltiluoghi di Greci & Latini Scrittori 5 leaves (including title),+82 pages with 1 title vignette (1 copper engraving portrait of the author is missing). Quarto (8 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in full brown leather with five raised spine bands and red label in gilt lettering and decorative gilt with narrow ruled edges go cover with marbled end papers. From the Lothar Schmid chess book collection. (Linde - n. 4147; van der Linde I, hatchet. 33; see Schmid 314; Massmann S. 171.12; Chicco - Sanvito 805) First editions. Marcus Aurelius Severino (born in Tarsia - died of the plague in Naples) was a philosopher, doctor and surgeon in Naples. He was the author of a number of works on medicine. and this work on chess. "The author tries to show that the game of chess contains moral, political, economic and especially military regulations, but does not mention the cessoles at all." (van der Linde). Condition: Lothar Schmid's label to front paste down. Both parts slightly browned and stained inside due to the paper, partly stronger, partly with margins and with a few notes by an old hand. Up to page 14 in the first part in the upper corner with worm marks and defects in the white margin. 2 sheets with a longer tear. Pagination in the second part jumps. The cover is little bumped Very go good rare Editions.