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83 2643 Medicine Eobanus Hessus H
83 2643 Medicine Eobanus Hessus H
83/2643 [Medicine]. Eobanus Hessus, H. Podagrae ludus. Mainz, I. Schöffer, 1537, (14) lvs., 2 allegorical full-p. woodcuts by HANS SEBALD BEHAM, woodcut printer's mark in colophon, modern boards.

- Final leaf w. sm. loss of paper in inner blank margin. Otherwise fine.

= Extremely rare treatise on gout. Eobanus Hessus (1488-1540), a humanist and distinguished poet, also studied medicine for several years. On the woodcuts: Pauli 1118 and 1119. Not found in the usual reference works. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.

€ (1.000-1.500)