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[Boerhaave] VAN SWIETEN, Gerard Commentaria in Hermanni Boerhaave aphorismos, de cognoscendis et curandis morbis. Editio tertia Parisiensis. Paris, G. Cavelier, 1769-5 vol., 4to: viii-[4]-16-[4]-vi-[2]-685-[2], [4]-xii-736-pp. (foxing, some marg. wormholes in vol. I and occ. in text in vol. III, end of vol. I sl. browned, marg. damp stain in the begin. of vol. IV). 19th-c. half green calf, marbled paper covers, gilt orn. flat spines, browned sprinkled edges (partly rubbed). Monumental commentary by the Dutch physician Gerard Van Swieten (1700-on the famous aphorisms of Herman Boerhaave. Laudatory speech on Swieten in French in vol. I; Boerhaave's "Libellus de materie medica et remediorum formulis [...]" in vol. V. Titles in red and black (except the 1st). Ref. Blake - Not in Garrisson & Morton, Bibl. Walleriana (other ed.). Prov. Ex dono from "Murat, chirurgien chef [...]", 1 January (ms. notes). - Dr. J.G.A. Borghans (mod. bookpl.).