BEVERWYCK, Jan van. De calculo renum & vesicae liber singularis. Cum epistolis & consultationibus magnorum virorum. 1638.
BEVERWYCK, Jan van.
De calculo renum & vesicae liber singularis. Cum epistolis & consultationibus magnorum virorum.
Leyden, Elzevier, 1638.
Three works bound in one 16mo (121x67 mm), (16)-305-(15) pages / (24)-188-(2)-(2 bl.) pages / (12)-154-(2) pages. binding : Contemporary full tancalf. Spine gilt in five compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt. Covers with arms of De THOU. Joints repaired.
First edition of this famous work in urology, one of the earliest medical books to accept William Harvey's account of the circulation of the blood.
Bound after, two rare books on the plague :
- PAAW, Pierre. Tractatus de Peste. Leyde, Abraham Commelini, 1636
- Theodore de BEZE. De Pestis Contagio et Fuga. 1636
RARE COPY WITH THE ARMS OF FRANÇOIS-AUGUSTE DE THOU.
references: OHR [217], Morton [11647 : "The first medical book to contain an endorsement of Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood. Beverwijck began his work with a treatise on urinary and renal calculi. The second part contains letters addressed by Beverwijck to some prominent physicians along with their replies. Several consilia by Sanctorius, Spiegel, Horst, and others follow. At the end of 1637 Beverwyck wrote a letter to Harvey in which he expressed his admiration for Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. He also sent Harvey a copy of the present book. The passage in which he supported Harvey is "Harvei doctrina de circulatione sanguinus comprobata" (pp. 20-24 of the first part).
Price : 1500 €
