SAVONAROLA (Giovanni Michele)

SAVONAROLA (Giovanni Michele). Practica maior. Venice, Juntas (heirs of Lucantonio Giunta), 1547. [followed by] De febribus – De Pulsibus – De Urinis – De Egestionibus – De omnibus Italie Balneis – Tractatus sublimus de Vermibus. Venice, Juntas, 1543. 2 works in one large folio volume, [6], 300; [12], 131 f., first edition under this title of the treatise on practical medicine with a strong emphasis on dietetics published by Jerome Savonarola’s neveru, largely inspired by Avicenna’s canon, illustrated with three woodcut figures, one of which depicts childbirth. It is followed by a new edition of the author’s treatises, including his treatise on Italian baths, one of the first studies in balneology. Bound in full contemporary limp vellum with laces and flaps, smooth muted spine. Handwritten bookplate Terrasson, numerous old handwritten annotations