Venenis, First Edition (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 26 pp. Recent wrappers. Title page soiled. Small piece broken off upper blank corner of title page. Page 26 quite browned. First Edition. INSCRIBED BY GEORGE LOGAN on the verso of the title page: "Mr. Lister from his Hbl Servt: the Author". George Logan, grandson of James Logan, received his M.D. degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1779. After his return to America in 1780, Logan gave up medicine for agriculture and political office. In 1798, on his own authority, Logan went to France to prevent war between France and the United States. The Federalists denounced his actions, and proceeded to enact the so-called Logan Act, which--to this day--prohibits private individuals from engaging in diplomatic negotiations. OCLC locates copies in these US libraries: American Antiquarian Soc., American Philos. Soc., Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Library Co., National Library of Medicine, New York Acad. Med., Pennsylvania, College Physicians Phila., Yale. Signed by Author(s).

Very rare first issue of the first edition of a medical treatise on natural poisons, their antidotes and their applicability in curing some diseases, by the Swedish physician and botanist Johannis Linder (1678-1724) from Wermlandia. Linder studied in Uppsala and Leiden and took his degree in Harderwijk. Boerhaave mentions this treatise in his Verhandeling over de kragten der geneesmiddelen (1762), p. 378, in the chapter on antidotes, noting that Johannes Lindelstolpe's book on poisons (1739) had already been published under the name Linder at Leiden in 1707. The intellectual Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden knighted him in 1719 and from that date he used the name Lindelstolpe" . It seems that the second issue of this first edition was printed in 1708.With stamp of the Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings (Brooklyn, New York, founded in 1822) on title-page, and the presentation form of the University Library of Uppsala to the Library of the Medical Society, dated 23 May 1931. Lacking the index. Title-page sl. soiled, fly-leaf loose, some annotations.l cf. BMN, I, p. 384 (1708 issue ); WorldCat (1708 issue); not in Hoogendoorn. Contemporary half calf, boards covered with sprinkled paper, red spine label lettered in gold. Pages: 268 pp. [pp. 1-16 with the index missing].

First edition of Jean Ruel's translation into Latin of Dioscorides's standard work on pharmacology, De materia medica (books 1-5), the most important botanical book up on to the 16th century, followed by four books on poison De venenis and De venenatis animalibus (books 6-9).Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 CE), a Greek in the service of the Roman Empire, assembled all that was then known concerning the medicinal uses of plants, animals and minerals, adding information from his own experience accompanying the Roman army to Spain, the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere, where he came to know many Persian, Indian and other exotic medicines. Though his work appeared in Latin from 1478 and in the original Greek from 1499, the present translation by Jean Ruel was first published here. "Often considered a herbal, [it] deals with all three natural kingdoms: plant, mineral and animal. It describes all the substances known to Dioscorides that were used as primary ingredients for medicines, and constitutes an encyclopedia on the topic. . [It] contains just over one thousand chapters [each dealing with another medicine] and features 794 plants, 104 animals and 105 minerals. Most of the chapters contain the following information: the most common name of the drug and its possible synonyms; a description of the natural element producing the drug (for a vegetal drug, the whole plant); the part used as a drug, possibly with its preparation; the therapeutic properties of the drug; the diseases for which the drug was used, including the preparation and administration of the medicine; when appropriate, the falsifications and methods of authentication of the drug; and other uses of the drug, such as in cosmetics, veterinary medicine, of handicraft" (Glick).With embossed initials on leaf d5. Title-page slightly thumbed, a waterstain at the foot of the last few leaves, but otherwise internally in very good condition. Binding soiled.l Durling 1139; USTC 144550; Wellcome I, 1782; cf. T. Glick, Medieval science, technology and medicine: an encyclopedia, p. 152. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment; rebacked in calf, with new endpapers, but preserving the original paste-downs. With the title within a decorative metalcut( ?) panel. Set in roman types. Pages: [12], 157, [2], [1 blank] ll.

Folio (420 x 280 mm). (4), 101, (1) ff. Later calf with gold- and blind-tooling. First edition of a work on poisons, compiled by Sante Arduino (or Ardoini) of Pesaro. "[T]he elaborate compendium on poisons in eight books which Sante Ardoini of Pesaro compiled in the years, 1424-1426, from Greek, Arabic and Latin works on medicine and nature, and which was printed at Venice in 1492, and at Basel in 1518 and 1562 [.] Although Ardoini quotes previous authors at great length, his work is no mere compilation, since he does not hesitate to disagree with such medical authorities of Peter of Abano and Gentile da Foligno, and refers to his own medical experience or observation of nature at Venice and to what fisherman or collectors of herbs have told him. He also seems to have known Arabic, and his occasional practice of giving the names of herbs in several Italian dialects is of some linguistic value" (Thorndike). Arduino makes extensive use of the works by Avicenna (Ibn Sina), who "held a high place in Western European medical studies, ranking together with Hippocrates and Galen as an acknowledged authority" (Weisser). Among the numerous other sources he used are Galen, Avenzoar (Ibn Zuhr), Rasis (al-Razi), Andromachus, Albucasis (Al-Zahrawi), Serapion the Younger and Dioscorides. - A very good copy, with only a few marginal waterstains. Binding slightly rubbed along the extremities and with a few scratches on boards. - Hain-Copinger 1554. Goff A-950. Ohly-Sack 233. Walsh 2186. Proctor 4963. BMC V, 403. GW 2318. Thorndike III, 545. ISTC ia00950000.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Christian Gottfried Stentzel ( 1698 in Torgau - 1748 in Wittenberg) was a German medic. Dissertation on the Acute Poisoning. In addition to studying medicine, he also studied ancient languages, earned his master's degree in philosophy on October 17, 1721, and developed special skills in Greek. 82 pages, in 4to. Removed from the original binding. The binding is tight. Very good condition. First edition. Text in Latin.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stentzel, Christian Gottfried (1698-1748) was a German medic, prominent surgeon, professor and rector of the Wittenberg University. Medical dissertation. [1] Bl., 69 S. Removed from the original binding. No binding. Occasional foxing. Very good to near fine condition. Text in Latin.

Condition: Ottimo. In-8° (cm.17), legatura coeva in cartonato d'attesa (gora al piatto), pp.119, [15] in ottimo stato, lievi e sporadiche fioriture, antica nota di possesso al frontespizio. Edizione originale. Si tratta della seconda parte dell'Enchiridion medico-practicum de peste composta dal medico di Ulma Gockel (1636-1703), noto per aver trovato la causa di alcune malattie croniche nell'alterazione dei vini. (SE4).

First edition of a work on poisons, compiled by Sante Arduino (or Ardoini) of Pesaro: an "elaborate compendium on poisons in eight books which Sante Ardoini of Pesaro compiled in the years, 1424-1426, from Greek, Arabic and Latin works on medicine and nature, and which was printed at Venice in 1492, and at Basel in 1518 and 1562. Although Ardoini quotes previous authors at great length, his work is no mere compilation, since he does not hesitate to disagree with such medical authorities as Peter of Abano and Gentile da Foligno, and refers to his own medical experience or observation of nature at Venice and to what fisherman or collectors of herbs have told him. He also seems to have known Arabic, and his occasional practice of giving the names of herbs in several Italian dialects is of some linguistic value" (Thorndike). Arduino makes extensive use of the works of Avicenna (Ibn Sina), who "held a high place in Western European medical studies, ranking together with Hippocrates and Galen as an acknowledged authority" (Weisser). Among the numerous other sources he used are Galen, Avenzoar (Ibn Zuhr), Rasis (al-Razi), Andromachus, Albucasis (Al-Zahrawi), Serapion the younger and Dioscorides.A very good copy, with only a few marginal water stains. Binding slightly rubbed along the extremities and with a few scratches on boards.l BMC STC Italian, p. 927; GW 2318; ISTC ia00950000; Thorndike III, p. 545. Modern black- and gold-tooled calf. Set in in 2 columns in 2 sizes of rotunda gothic types, with spaces left for numerous 3-line and 4-line and a few larger initials (with printed guide letters), none filled in. Pages: [4], 101, [1] ll.

Folio. (12), 157, (2), (1 blank) ff. With the title within a decorative metal-cut (?) panel. Set in roman types. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment; rebacked in calf, with new endpapers, but preserving the original paste-downs. First edition of Jean Ruel's translation into Latin of Dioscorides's standard work on pharmacology, "De materia medica" (books 1-5), the most important botanical book up on to the 16th century, followed by four books on poison "De venenis" and "De venenatis animalibus" (books 6-9). - Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 AD), a Greek in the service of the Roman Empire, assembled all that was then known concerning the medicinal uses of plants, animals and minerals, adding information from his own experience accompanying the Roman army to Spain, the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere, where he came to know many Persian, Indian and other exotic medicines. Though his work appeared in Latin from 1478 and in the original Greek from 1499, the present translation by Jean Ruel was first published here. "Often considered a herbal, [it] deals with all three natural kingdoms: plant, mineral and animal. It describes all the substances known to Dioscorides that were used as primary ingredients for medicines, and constitutes an encyclopedia on the topic. . [It] contains just over one thousand chapters [each dealing with another medicine] and features 794 plants, 104 animals and 105 minerals. Most of the chapters contain the following information: the most common name of the drug and its possible synonyms; a description of the natural element producing the drug (for a vegetal drug, the whole plant); the part used as a drug, possibly with its preparation; the therapeutic properties of the drug; the diseases for which the drug was used, including the preparation and administration of the medicine; when appropriate, the falsifications and methods of authentication of the drug; and other uses of the drug, such as in cosmetics, veterinary medicine, of handicraft" (Glick). - "While Hippocratic and Galenic medical theory and practice were readily adopted by the physicians of the Islamic era-a system that has persisted down to our time in traditional and folk medicine throughout the Near and Middle East, it was the Ketâb al-haoaes (Book of the herbs), a translation of Dioscorides' famed treatise on materia medica by Estefan b. Basîl and his master the celebrated physician-translator Honayn b. Eshaq (b. 192/808 at Hira), that constituted the original source of knowledge and inspiration for medical and pharmacological writers in the lands of Islam in the Middle Ages and afterwards. Dioscorides described approximately 600 plants, mainly of the Mediterranean area, providing for every item equivalent names in some other languages, its provenience, a short morphological description, and then a statement of its medicinal properties and uses. Dioscorides was held in great esteem by all the physicians and scholars in the Islamic period" (Encyclopaedia Iranica). - With embossed initials on leaf d5. Title-page slightly thumbed, a waterstain at the foot of the last few leaves, but otherwise internally in very good condition. Binding soiled. - Durling 1139. USTC 144550. Wellcome I, 1782. Cf. T. Glick, Medieval science, technology and medicine: an encyclopedia, p. 152.

Viennae, Apud Rudolphum Graeffert, 1785, 8°, 338, (16) pp., Titerlkupfervignette, Ledereinband d.Zt.; St. a.Tit., Rücken erneuert; feines Expl. Seltene Erstausgabe der frühen Schrift zu den Vergiftungen und deren Gegenmittel! Joseph Jacob von Plenck (1733-1807), Professor der Chirurgie, Chemie und Botanik, lehrte an der Wiener Josephs-Akademie. Er ist der Verfasser seiner Zeit sehr beliebter Kompendien über verschiedene medizinische Teilgebiete, die sich durch übersichtliche und anregende Darstellung auszeichnen. "Plenck war eine hochbegabte Natur, er vermochte sich rasch in jede Materie hineinzuarbeiten und dieselbe derartig zu beherrschen, das sie klar, übersichtlich und wohlgeordnet vortragen konnte." Puschmann Erst 30 Jahre nach der vorliegenden Abhandlung Plencks erschien 1815 in Paris das erste moderne Standartwerk der Toxikologie von M.J. Orfila. First Edition of Plenck's famous textbook on toxicology. Plenck was one of the last great medical writers to publish all of his principal works in Latin. Plenck provided the first classification of poisons based on origin: 1. Animal poisons. 2. Vegetable poisons. 3. Mineral poisons. 4. Poisonous vapors, gases, and dust. The popularity of his writings was such that they were soon translated into other modern languages. Wellcome IV, p.402; Blake, NLM 18th Century, p.356 Selten. Nicht in der umfangreichen Plenck-Sammlung der Josephinischen Bibliothek zu Wien.

Antweriae, ex officina Chistophori Plantini, 1571. 4to (223 x 155mm). pp. (20), 332, (10), with 92 woodcuts in the text. Contemporary limp vellum (some damage to right upper corner of the frontcover). First Latin edition of this important work on toxicology. The first French edition was published by Plantin in 1568. The present Latin edition was translated from the French by the Augsburg physician Hieremias Martius. Jacques Grevin (c. 1539-1570) was a French poet and dramatist and disciple of Ronsard. "Grevin was originally educated as a physician, and wrote several works on medical and scientific topics. His two books on poisons, while adding nothing new to toxicological knowledge, showed a distinctively skeptical and realistic attitude towards the writings of both classical and modern authors, with whom Grévin often disagreed. He also casts doubt on several superstitious beliefs, such as the efficacy of amulets against poison, or the turquoise's power to detect the presence of toxic substance. Two books on poisons was published with Grevin's verse translation of 'Theriaka' and 'Alexipharmaka', two didactic poems on poisonous plants and animals by the Hellenistic physician Nicander of Colophon (b. ca. A.D. 275)" ('The Haskell F. Norman library of Science & Medicine' 439, quoting the French edition).The excellent woodcuts show snakes, amphibia, scorpions, fish, a dog suffering from rabies, poisonous plants etc.Durling 2174; Nissen ZBI, 1713.