MOOR, Bartholomaeus de.
Veris oeconomiae animalis, seu potius humanae, principiis innixae pathologiae cerebri delineation practica: in qua morborum soporosorum, per notas characteristicas, distinction: nec non spasmorum accuratior distribution traditor.
Amsterdam, Gerardus Borstius I, 1704. Small 4to. Title-page in red and black, with Borstiuss woodcut palm-tree device, woodcut decorated initials (2 series) and tailpieces. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum with a centerpiece on each board, title in ink on spine. [16], 594, [20] pp.
€ 2,950
First and only edition of a scholarly work on the physiology of the brain as well as the various diseases supposedly originating in the brain, such as melancholy, manias, paralytic seizure, epilepsy, insomnia, spasms, etc. by Bartholomaeus de Moor (1649-1724), a physician in Gouda before he was appointed Professor of Medicine and Chemistry at the Groningen University in 1706. In 1713 he was appointed at the University at Harderwijk.
With a library duplicate stamp of the University Library of Dortmund (Borrussia) on the verso of the title-page ("Doubl."); unreadable owners inscripton on paste-down (Goswini ...erni Perllich ?). Hinges partly cracked, but still intact, traces of fire damage (not affecting the text), but overall in good condition. BMN, I, p. 246; Hirsch, Bibl. Lex. hervorr. Aertzte, IV, pp. 275-276.
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