SCIENCE/MEDICINE] - Lot 109

SCIENCE/MEDICINE] VAN SWIETEN (Gerard)] Commentaria in H. Boerhaave aphorismos de cognosscendis et curandis morbis, Louvain, Académie typographique, 1773-1775 10 volumes in full calf, spines richly decorated with gilded decoration of I: XII, 540 pages; II: (2), 556 pages; III: (2), 551 pages; IV: (2), 519 oages; V: (2), 540 pages; VI: (2), 538 pages; VII: (2), 544 pages; VIII: (2), 478 pages; IX: VII, (1), 471 pages; X: (2), 524 pages. Commentary on H. Boerhaave's aphorisms on the knowledge and cure of diseases by Gerard van Swieten (1700-1772), Dutch physician and scientist, student of Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), Dutch botanist, physician and chemist who revolutionized the teaching of medicine. Spines worn, corners dulled, bindings rubbed, interior fresh.