Medicine & Pharmacy

BEVERWIJCK, Johan van. Heel-konste, ofte derde deel van de genees-konste, om de uytwendige gebreken te heelen.
Dordrecht, Hendrick van Esch for Pieter Looymans and Maerten de Bot, 1645.
With:
(2) BEVERWIJCK, Johan van. Lof der medicine, ofte genees-konste.
Dordrecht, [Hendrick van Esch for Jasper Gorrisz., 1644]. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Ad 1: finely engraved architectural frontispiece with the Dordrecht coat of arms, supported by griffins, and a view of Dordrecht at the foot, a woodcut decoration on title page, 8 half-page and 11 full-page engravings on integral leaves, 1 with an emblematic image of Fortuna in the preface, 5 illustrating herbs and other plants with botanical details (2 appear in views of Marseille and the city of Orange in Provence, and another includes a view of Cairo at the head) and 13 human anatomical views, including the vascular system and the musculature, woodcut initials. Ad 2: With Van Eschs woodcut device (the Maid of Dordrecht with "virgo Dordracena" and "libros non liberos pariens") on the title page. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 3 vellum tapes laced through the joints, with a hollow back, early manuscript title on spine, red edges. [44], 487, [7]; 152 pp. Full description

[BINDING - EMBROIDERED]. Esercizio da premettersi dalle donne in stato di gravidanza per conseguire da dio per l'intercessione del glorioso San Torello protettore insigne l'essenzione da tutti i pericoli e felicità nel prossimo parto.
Florence, Stamperià Arcivescovile alla Croce Rossa, 1822. 8vo. Beautifully embroidered contemporary pink silk over paperboards, with flowers and a border along the edges of both sides, and the initials "CM" in centre of front cover, preserved in a modern marbled slipcase. 39 pp. Full description

[BISSCHOP, Jan]. Pharmacia Galenica & chymica, dat is: apotheker ende alchymiste ofte distilleer-konste. Begrijpende de beginselen ende fondamenten der selver. [Additional title and imprint on the frontispiece:] Nieu licht der apothekers en distilleerkonst. ... tAmsteldam by Joannes van Ravesteyn op t Water.
Amsterdam, Johannes van Ravesteyn, 1657. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece showing the interior of an apothecarys shop, Van Ravesteyns woodcut device on title-page (Elijah and the ravens); 3 half-page woodcut illustrations of distilling equipment (pp. 339, 343 and 387); woodcut decorated initials and tailpieces. Contemporary overlapping vellum over boards. [8], 460, [12] pp. Full description

[BISSCHOP, Jan]. Pharmacia Galenica & Chymica, dat is: de vermeerderde ende verbeterde Apotheker en Alchymiste licht ende distilleer-konst. Begrijpende de beginselen ende fondamenten der selver. ... en verrijckt met een kort Examen der Chirurgie, benevens een tractaet van de kennisse der Droogen. Den vierden druck.
Amsterdam, Johannes van Ravesteyn, 1662. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece of the interior of an apothecarys shop: Het Nieu verbetert en vermeerdert licht der Apothekers en distilleerkonst. TAmsteldam by Joannes van Ravesteyn den [...in ink: tienden] druck 16[.. in ink: 1662]; woodcut printers device on title; 3 half-page woodcut illustrations of distilling equipment (pp. 343, 347 and 391); woodcut initials and endpieces. Contemporary overlapping vellum over boards with title in ink on spine. [16], 466, [14], 54 pp. Full description

[BISSCHOP, Jan]. Pharmacia Galenica & Chymica, dat is: de vermeerderde ende verbeterde apothekeren alchymiste licht ende distilleer-konst. Begrijpende de beginselen ende fondamenten der selve. Verdeylt in acht boecken, tot onderwijsinghe der apothekers. En verrijckt met een vermeerderde examen der chirurgie, benevens een tractaet vande kennisse der drooghen. [Engraved title page:] Het nieu verbetert en vermeerdert licht der apothekers en distilleerkonst.
Antwerpen, Reynier Sleghers, 1667. 8vo. With an anonymous engraved title page and 2 woodcut illustrations in text. Contemporary tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spine. [16], 466, [22]; 70, [2] pp. Full description

BLANCARDUS, Stephanus. Lexicon novum medicum Graeco-Latinum, caeteris editioibus longè perfectissimum.Inhoc enim totius artis medicae termini, in anatomia, chirurgia, pharmacia, chumia, re botanica, &c. ...
Leiden, Cornelis Boutesteyn & Jordaan Luchtmans, 1701. 8vo. With the engraved portrait of the author, 4 engraved full-page tables of medical symbols, title-page printed in red and black, some woodcut initials and tail-pieces. Vellum over boards, title written in ink on spine, sprinkled edges. [16], 662, [194] pp. Full description

BLANKAART, Steven. Nieuw lichtende praktyk der medicynen, gesondeert op de gronden van de deftiigste autheuren deses tydts, en eigen ondervinding: Nevens de hedendaagsche chymia; als ook de Nederlandsche apothekers winkel, rykelyk met inlandse genees-middelen voorsien.
Amsterdam, Johannes ten Hoorn, 1680. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With an engraved title page with views of a sickroom with a visiting physician, a chemist's atelier and a pharmacy, 4 full-page engraved plates and 3 woodcuts in the text, all in the second part. Further with a woodcut vignette on the title page, two divisional title pages, and woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary vellum, with the (faded) title in ink on the spine. [1], [1 blank], [14], 398, [6]; [4], 99, [5]; 46, [2] pp. Full description

BLANKAART, Steven. Venus belegert en ontset. Oft verhandelinge van de pokken, en des selfs toevallen, met een grondige en zekere genesinge. ...
Amsterdam, Timotheus ten Hoorn, 1684. 8vo. With a finely etched and engraved illustrated title-page, and 8 finely engraved plates. Mottled half calf (ca. 1830?), gold tooled spine with a pink gold-tooled vellum label, decorated paper sides. Rebacked, preserving the original backstrip. [8], 522, [14] pp. Full description

BLANKAART, Steven. Verhandelinge van de opvoedinge en ziekten der kinderen. Vertoonende op wat wyse de kinderen gezond konnen blyven, en ziek zijnde, bequamelyk konnen herstelt werden. Zeer nodig voor alle huyshoudende lieden.
Amsterdam, Hieronymus Sweerts, 1684. 8vo. With an engraved title page showing a hospital scene and 19 figures on 6 engraved plates. Near contemporary vellum. [8], 332, [20] pp. Full description

BLEULAND, Jan. Icon hepatis feutus octimestris, quam, impletis ...
Utrecht, Bartholomeus Wild & Johannes Altheer, 1789. Large 4to. With an engraved plate, containing two illustrations printed in colour, depicting two sides of the liver of an eight-month-old foetus (showing filled arterial vessels, expressed in their natural colour). Further with a woodcut vignette on the title page and a large woodcut tailpiece on p. 8. Unbound, kept together by a thin strip of paper glued along the spine. 8, [1], [1 blank] pp. Full description