SYLVA PEREYRA Emanuele de. Metodo sicuro d'ordinare la China China.Roma, Dom. Ant. Ercole, 1709 8vo, mm. 180x130; contemporary adorned binding in board with woodcut to floreal motives in two colors; pp. 8 nn., 35. A repair in the right bottom corner of title page, but nice specimen.
A rare original edition. The Portuguese physician, who dedicates the work to Pope Clement XI, exposes the best methods for administering china-china, at that time still a phase of controversial application, although Lemery had not yet demonstrated its effectiveness. The author, originally from Porto, after graduating in medicine at the University of Coimbra, then went on to practice medicine in Rome. Barbosa Machado, Bibl. Lusitana, III, p. 377.
SYLVA PEREYRA Emanuele de. Metodo sicuro d'ordinare la China China.Roma, Dom. Ant. Ercole, 1709 8vo, mm. 180x130; contemporary adorned binding in board with woodcut to floreal motives in two colors; pp. 8 nn., 35. A repair in the right bottom corner of title page, but nice specimen.
A rare original edition. The Portuguese physician, who dedicates the work to Pope Clement XI, exposes the best methods for administering china-china, at that time still a phase of controversial application, although Lemery had not yet demonstrated its effectiveness. The author, originally from Porto, after graduating in medicine at the University of Coimbra, then went on to practice medicine in Rome. Barbosa Machado, Bibl. Lusitana, III, p. 377.
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