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[Medicine] - ERASTUS, Thomas - Ad Archangeli Mercenarii Philosophi Patauini Disputationem De Putr...

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[Medicine] - ERASTUS, Thomas - Ad Archangeli Mercenarii Philosophi Patauini Disputationem De Putr...
[Medicine] - ERASTUS, Thomas - Ad Archangeli Mercenarii Philosophi Patauini Disputationem De Putredine Responsio [and] MERCENARIO, Archangelo - De putredine disputatio adversus Thomam Erastum. Basel, "Ex Officina Pernea Conradi Waldkirchii", 1583, 2 works in 1 vol., 4to, contemp. limp vellum (soiled), I : [8]-90-[2] pp., II : [8]-52 pp. (clear waterstain throughout, title of first work partly underlaid with loss of some letters). € 120/200 Typical medical discussion by 2 university professors : Thomas Erastus (1524-1583) of Basel and Archangelo Mercenario of Padua. The "hot item" was "putredo" (stench), which was analyzed in typical university fashion (definition, causes etc.). The work by Erastus is dedicated to Theod. Zwinger, the one by Mercenario (1st ed.) to Rodolfo Coraduccio. This last one also has some Latin poems by Stanislaus Nicgossowski. Konrad von Waldkirch in 1583 took over the business of his father-in-law, the famous P. Perna. He was active untill 1616. This must be one of the first books from his press. Ref I: VD-16 E-3668 (1). Adams E-904 (1). II VD-16 M-4790 (1). Adams M-1304 (2). I & II Paris, BN (1). Not in Durling and Wellcome. Not in Machiels, London (BL), NUC.