Fine Books and Manuscripts: Featuring Important Chicago Memorabilia
Thu, Jan 10, 2019 06:30AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 429
Medicina Diastatica or Sympathecall Mumie.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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Paracelsus (Aureolus Theorphrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim). Medicina Diastatica or Sympathecall Mumie. London: Printed by T. Newcomb for T. Heath, 1653. (xxvi), 1-128. Rebound in full calf in the style of the period. Small 8vo. Margins cropped close at top, occasionally grazing headers, a few scattered marks and pencil notes; very good overall. A book of original medical treatments (considered to be more effective than some ?traditional? medical treatments of the era) by the famous German physician of the sixteenth century, translated from Latin by Ferdinando Parkhurst.
