Discorso Generale Intorno alla generatione, al nascimento de gli huomini, al breue corso della uita humana, & al tempo
by Venusti Antonio Maria
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Venice: Gio. Battista Somasco, 1562. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. Contemporary vellum soiled and worn, covers a bit bowed, binding still sound. Title with marginal notes, small tear to corner, soiling, slight damage and loss to lower right corner of last couple pages. Generally quite clean otherwise, early notes and underlining here and there, a few creases. (46), blank, 147pp
The first editon of the wide ranging work by the Renaissance physician and philsopher. He covers birth and death, marriage, the brevity of life, abortion, superstition, secrets for curing medical problems in children, and much more in 139 short chapters. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Medicine & Health; Philosophy. Inventory No: 047115.
The first editon of the wide ranging work by the Renaissance physician and philsopher. He covers birth and death, marriage, the brevity of life, abortion, superstition, secrets for curing medical problems in children, and much more in 139 short chapters. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Medicine & Health; Philosophy. Inventory No: 047115.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047115
- Title
- Discorso Generale Intorno alla generatione, al nascimento de gli huomini, al breue corso della uita humana, & al tempo
- Author
- Venusti Antonio Maria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Vellum)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gio. Battista Somasco
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1562
- Keywords
- Medicine & Health; Philosophy. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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Pazzo Books
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...