1552 1st Edition , With Provenance
TRACTATUS DE BALNEO VILLENSI IN AGRO LUCENSI POSITO THERMAL MEDICINE (BALNEOLOGY)
Early Renaissance balneological / spa-medical treatise on the Baths of Bagni di Lucca (Balneo Villensi).
By D. Georgius (Giorgio) Franciottus / Franciotti
Author Bio: Georgius Franciottus (Giorgio Franciotti, fl. mid-16th c.) A Luccan physician associated with the thermal culture of the Lucchese territory. This work belongs to the classic Renaissance genre of waters-as-medicine: a physician’s attempt to account for the nature of mineral waters and to prescribe their use by regimen and indication.
Provenance: Circular ownership/provenance stamp “BURLAMACCHI” to the board — a pleasing, locally resonant feature for Lucca/Tuscan history collectors.
Synopsis: A scarce mid-sixteenth-century Italian medical imprint devoted to thermal medicine / balneology, centred on the Baths of Bagni di Lucca (Balneo Villensi). Treatises of this kind sit at the meeting-point of medicine, natural philosophy, and place: the physician explains the character of the waters and frames their therapeutic use through regimen, indications, and practical application—a vivid window into how Renaissance medicine approached environment and mineral resources as clinical tools.
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229)
Collation: [2], 1, [1], 3–150, 1, 1, [1]
Language: Latin
Published By: Lucae (Lucca): apud Busdracum (Vincenzo Busdraghi), Itlay
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - Early/full calf over boards with expected rubbing and age wear; spine darkened/rubbed but binding solid and presentable. Internally generally clean and well-contrasted for the period, with some toning and scattered damp/edge staining (more noticeable to a handful of leaves, including some prelims and around edges). Collation complete as described, including errata/registrum and printer’s device leaves.
References:
EDIT16 CNCE 019790; USTC 830841; ICCU (OPAC SBN) BVEE 002508; WorldCat (OCLC) 797451880.
Bibliographical note:
This edition is catalogued as 150, [2] pp.; 4°; signatures A–T4 in published library description..
Note: Format/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Please see photos as part of condition report
SKU: BTETM0002696
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
1552 1st Edition , With Provenance
TRACTATUS DE BALNEO VILLENSI IN AGRO LUCENSI POSITO THERMAL MEDICINE (BALNEOLOGY)
Early Renaissance balneological / spa-medical treatise on the Baths of Bagni di Lucca (Balneo Villensi).
By D. Georgius (Giorgio) Franciottus / Franciotti
Author Bio: Georgius Franciottus (Giorgio Franciotti, fl. mid-16th c.) A Luccan physician associated with the thermal culture of the Lucchese territory. This work belongs to the classic Renaissance genre of waters-as-medicine: a physician’s attempt to account for the nature of mineral waters and to prescribe their use by regimen and indication.
Provenance: Circular ownership/provenance stamp “BURLAMACCHI” to the board — a pleasing, locally resonant feature for Lucca/Tuscan history collectors.
Synopsis: A scarce mid-sixteenth-century Italian medical imprint devoted to thermal medicine / balneology, centred on the Baths of Bagni di Lucca (Balneo Villensi). Treatises of this kind sit at the meeting-point of medicine, natural philosophy, and place: the physician explains the character of the waters and frames their therapeutic use through regimen, indications, and practical application—a vivid window into how Renaissance medicine approached environment and mineral resources as clinical tools.
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229)
Collation: [2], 1, [1], 3–150, 1, 1, [1]
Language: Latin
Published By: Lucae (Lucca): apud Busdracum (Vincenzo Busdraghi), Itlay
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - Early/full calf over boards with expected rubbing and age wear; spine darkened/rubbed but binding solid and presentable. Internally generally clean and well-contrasted for the period, with some toning and scattered damp/edge staining (more noticeable to a handful of leaves, including some prelims and around edges). Collation complete as described, including errata/registrum and printer’s device leaves.
References:
EDIT16 CNCE 019790; USTC 830841; ICCU (OPAC SBN) BVEE 002508; WorldCat (OCLC) 797451880.
Bibliographical note:
This edition is catalogued as 150, [2] pp.; 4°; signatures A–T4 in published library description..
Note: Format/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Please see photos as part of condition report
SKU: BTETM0002696
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
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