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BACCI, Andrea (1524-1600). De Thermis...in quo agitur de universa acquarum natura. Venice: Valgrisi, 1571.
Original edition of this classic of thermal balneology dealing with the geological origins of water and springs, as well as their curative properties and curiously also the medicinal function of wine. The author, a philosopher and professor of botany, was physician to Pope Sixtus V. Bibliogr.: Duveen 35: 'This is the classic work on mineral waters'. Garrison-Morton: 'The work gives considerable attention to wines, especially in relation to their medical use'.Folio (305 x 200mm). A double-page plan depicting the Baths of Diocletian, printer's device to title-page, woodcut initials (water stain to the upper margin of the last leaves and hole through most of the volume touching the text probably due to a staple, wormhole to the upper outer corner,) 18th-century carta rustica binding. (1)
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1.200
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MAURO, Lucius (16th century). Le antichità de la città di Roma. Venice: Ziletti, 1556.
MAURO, Lucius (16th century). Le antichità de la città di Roma. Venice: Ziletti, 1556.
ESTIMATE € 400 - 600
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MAURO, Lucius (16th century). Le antichità della città di Roma. Venice: Ziletti, 1562.
MAURO, Lucius (16th century). Le antichità della città di Roma. Venice: Ziletti, 1562.
ESTIMATE € 200 - 500