AUTHOR:
Kentmann, Johannes (1518-1574)
TITLE-PAGE TRANSCRIPTION:
CALCULORUM | QUI IN CORPO-
| RE AC MEMBRIS HO- | minum innascuntur, genera XII.
| depicta descriptacób, cum Hi- | storiis singulorum ad- | mirandis: |
PER IO. KENTMANUM | Dresdensem Medicum.
| [printer’s device of cornucopia within scrollwork, with lion’s head
atop an hour glass, which sits upon a skull] | TIGVRI,
1565
COLLATION: 8º 16 x 10 cm.: 2A-2C8
[$5 signed] leaves [2], 1-22
CONTENTS: 2Ar. Title
page. 2A2r. Epistola dedicatoria. 2A3r. Lapis in cerebro hominis repertus.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Woodcut illustrations: 2A3r. Lapidus in cerebro hominis repertums. 2A5v. Lapis
in tumore fublingua concretus. 2A6r. Calculi pulmonum. 2A7v. Lapilli in hepatis.
2A8v. Calculi in folliculo fellis generati. 2B4v. Calculi in vesica hominis durati.
2B7v. Calculi in intestinis generati. 2C2r. Calculus in steatomate cruris condensatus.
2C3r. Calculi in vulneribus. 2C6r. Calculi in extremitatibus digitorum.
BINDING:
Half leather binding, brown paper boards.
NOTES:
Bound with: De omni rerum fossilium genera, gemmis, lapidibus, metalis, et huiusmodi,
opera Conradi Gesneri. See entry for this work for complete collation.
KEYWORDS:
1. Gems. 2. Rocks. 3. Metals. I. Gesner, Konrad (1516-1565)
PROVENANCE:
Edward Tuckerman, Jr. Boston Society of Natural History.
LOCATION:
QE362.G4 1565
OTHER CALIFORNIA LOCATIONS: UC
San Diego; UC San Francisco; Los Angeles County Medical Association Library | |