De thermis [...] libri septem [...] in quo agitur de universa aquarum natura [...], de lacubus, fontibus, fluminibus. De balneis totius orbis, & de methodo medendi per balneo. Deque lavationum [...].

Folio: [64]-509 (= 511)-[1 bl.] pp.

18th-c. sp. boards, flat spine with gilt leather label, red sp. edges (rubbed, corners bumped, sm. def. at head). Good copy.

Original edition of a ground-breaking study of thermal waters and their medical uses. A protégé of Cardinal Ascanio Colonna in Rome, Andrea Bacci (1524-1600) was an Italian doctor, philosopher and polyhedral author of works on natural science (studies of wines and elks) and medicine (on medicaments, poisons and antidotes). Double-page woodcut plan of the Baths of Diocletian (pp. 443-444). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. Edit16 3825. - Adams B-5. - Durling 426. - STC Italian (BL) 66. - Wellcome I:600.