De incerto, fallaci, urinarum iudicio, quo uromantes, ad perniciem multorum aegrotantium, utuntur [...] libri tres.

FORESTUS, Petrus

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Leiden, Plantin Press (Fr. Raphelengius), 1589

8vo: [24]-316-[2-2 bl.] pp.

17th-c. mottled calf, richly gilt spine with 5 raised bands, sp. edges (front joint splitting).

Treatise by the Dutch physician Forestus (1521-1597) against the popular practice of uroscopy. On **3r a Latin poem by J. Lipsius. Woodcut mark on title. Full-page woodcut facing p. 1.
Ref. STCN. - Typogr. Bat. 1942. - Adams F-757.
Prov. J. Jos Somers "m.d. 1750" (ms. entry). - Ms. entries on flyleaf. - François Moutier (1881-1961), physician and poet (bookpl.).