Directorivm Medico-Practicvm.
Lyon, J.-A. Huguetan, père et fils 1647.
8vo (175 x 105 mm.). [xvi], 400p. Engraved title Huguetan device, title printed in black and red.
Contemporary vellum (minor stains, bottom edge chipped), flat spine with manuscript title.
First Edition. This indexes hundreds of citations to ancient and contemporary medical authorities. Topics are arranged alphabetically by body part, illness and treatment. Subjects include abortion, medical marijuana, teeth, delirium, diabetes, plague and the brain. Moroni compiled this while caring for patients during wars and epidemics. A good copy (a little worming to the final gathering, some faint staining, one sheet lightly inked); stamp of Docteur Cartier on title and stamp of the Bibliothéque de la Société des Sciences Medicales de Gannat.
¶Brodman, The Development of Medical Bibliography 195,15; Krivatsy, A Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine 8114.
Price: $750.00