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First Edition, First Issue of the collected illustrated works
of the German surgeon Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus
considered the "Father of German Surgery"
Wilhelm Fabri Von Hildens (Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus), Guilhelmi Fabrici Hildani Opera observationum et curationum medico-chirurgicarum. [at title page] Guilhelmi Fabricij Hildani, Illustrissimi Marchionis Badensis & Hochbergensis, &c. nec non inclytæ Reipublicæ Bernensis medico-chirurgi ordinarij. Opera quæ extant omnia : partim ante hac excusa, partim nunc recens in lucem edita. Francofurti ad Moenum : Sumptibus Johannis Beyeri., M. DC. XLVI [1646].
[bound with]
Severino, Marco Aurelio. De efficaci medicina lib. III. Francofurti ad Moenum: Apud Johannem Beyerum, M. DC. XLVI [1646].
Folio (34 x 21 cm), contemporary stiff vellum binding, handwritten titles at spine, vol I: pp. [24], 1044, [20 - index]; vol II: pp. [16], 297, [15], xylographic headletters, head and tail pieces, engraved frontispiece with portraits of Fabricius Hildanus, Hippocrates… Read More

This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details.One of the first comprehensive 19th-century studies on Astral Worship
Hill, J.H. Astral worship. New York : Truth Seeker Co., [1895?].
8° (200 x 142 mm), original green cloth binding with gilt title at front board, pp. 128.
Richly illustrated, including the original moving astrological wheel at inside front board
Astral Workship is defined as the worship of the stars, the planets, and other heavenly bodies as deities, or the association of deities with heavenly bodies. In anthropological literature these systems of practice may be referred to as astral cults.
The most common instances of this are sun gods and moon gods in polytheistic systems worldwide. Also notable is the association of the planets with deities in Babylonian, and hence in Greco-Roman religion, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Gods, goddesses, and demons may also be considered personifications of astronomical phenomena such as lunar eclipses, planetary… Read More