LOT 89 De sympathia et antipathia rerum liber unus. De contagione et contagiosis morbis et curatione libri iii. Venice: Heirs of Lucantonio Giunta, 1546. FRACASTORO, GIROLAMO. 1478-1553.
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FRACASTORO, GIROLAMO. 1478-1553.
De sympathia et antipathia rerum liber unus. De contagione et contagiosis morbis et curatione libri iii. Venice: Heirs of Lucantonio Giunta, 1546. 4to (210 x 155 mm). Woodcut device on title page and verso of last text page. Rebacked in vellum, retaining contemporary vellum covers, red cloth slipcase. Renewed endpapers, scattered staining and browning.FIRST EDITION of Fracastoro's most important scientific work, forming "the foundation of all modern views on the nature of infectious diseases" (Heirs of Hippocrates). In it he identified the means by which diseases are spread, centuries before the discovery of microorganisms. Adams F-821; Heirs of Hippocrates 101; Garrison-Morton 2528; Norman 827; Osler 2652; Waller 3163; Wellcome I, p 2393.
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