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FERRARIUS, Omnibonus. De arte medica infantium, libri quatuor. Brescia: Francesco and Pier Maria Marchetti, 1577. 4 o (194 x 141 mm). 104 leaves, paginated. Italic type. Printer's woodcut device on title, 5 engravings in text. (A few headlines of index cropped.) Modern vellum (covers somewhat bowed). FIRST EDITION. Although Ferrarius's treatise on pediatrics did not expand the teachings of the classical writers on the subject, "the illustrations are of interest ... as they show two commonly used child-training devices of the past--the running stool, ancestor of the present-day walker, and the chair stool, which held infants in a sitting position" (Norman). NLM/Durling 1494; Waller 3007; Wellcome 2228; Norman 787. [ Bound with: ] FERRARIUS, Omnibonus. De arte medica infantium aphorismorum particulae tres. Brescia: Vincenzo di Sabbio for Francesco and Piero Maria Marchetti, 1577. 4 o . 11 leaves. (Some dampstaining.) FIRST EDITION. Adams F-288; NLM/Durling 1496; Waller 3006; Wellcome 2227; Norman 788.