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La Medecine Statique De Sanctorius, ou L'Art De Se Conserver la sante par la transpiration, traduite en Francois; Par sue M. Le Breton, Medecin de la Faculte de Paris
by Sanctorius [Santorio Santorio]
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary full brown calf. Very good
- Seller
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About This Item
Paris: Claude Jombert, 1722. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 119 pages [*7,A8-O8]. 13 1/2 x 9 cm. Engraved frontispiece. Italian physiologist, physician and professor, Santorio initiated his medical practice in Venice, 1599, where he became part of a learned circle that included Galileo. He invented a device he called the "pulsilogium" for measuring the pulse which was the first machine sytstem in medical history. His most famous experiments involve the study of bodily weight. This work made him famous throughout Europe. He was the first to apply a numerical scale to the thermoscope, which later evolved into the thermometer [see: PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 182]. Raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt, red leather spine label printed in gilt, marbled boards, bookplate, backstrip worn head and foot, front cover joint cracked but firm.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18202
- Title
- La Medecine Statique De Sanctorius, ou L'Art De Se Conserver la sante par la transpiration, traduite en Francois; Par sue M. Le Breton, Medecin de la Faculte de Paris
- Author
- Sanctorius [Santorio Santorio]
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary full brown calf. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Claude Jombert
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1722
- Keywords
- Medicine
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of Science; Medicine;
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled boards
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