Abulcasis. Liber theoricae necnon practicae Alsaharavii ... qui vulgo Acararius dicitur. Augsburg, Sigismund Grimm and Marc Wirsung, 1519. Folio,... Show moreAbulcasis. Liber theoricae necnon practicae Alsaharavii ... qui vulgo Acararius dicitur. Augsburg, Sigismund Grimm and Marc Wirsung, 1519. Folio, 2 + 1t + 11 + 319 (in roman) + 1 (device) + 3 + 3 leav (bind), title printed in red and black and with a fine large woodcut depicting six physicians at a table in disputation over a large book opened before them by Hans Burgkmair, fine woodcut printer's device at end; contemporary pigskin backed wooden boards, the spine overlaid with eighteenth century calf, gilt. First edition of the medical and therapeutical section of Abu l-Qasim al-Zahrawi's medical encyclopaedia, Kitab al-Tasrif, in the Latin version by Gerard of Cremona. "Completed about 1000 A. D., [the Kitab al-Tasrif] was the result of almost fifty years of medical education and experience. In it he discussed not only medicine and surgery, but also midwifery, pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations, materia medica, cookery and dietetics, weights and measures, technical terminology, medical chemistry, therapeutics, and psychotherapy. DSB, 14, 584-85; Sezgin, III, pp. 323-35. Bird 2435; Durling 21; Garrison-Morton 3048 (the earliest description of haemophilia): IA 100.199; Proctor 10896; Waller 175; Wellcome 11. Main Heritage Shelves General R128.3 .Z34 1519 Book Item-ID: i10137026 BIB-ID: 1015338 Show less
This is an antique map and view of the town of Oran / Algeria (Oran Munita Urbs et Comodus Ports in Ora Maritima Barbariae et Proprie in Regno... Show moreThis is an antique map and view of the town of Oran / Algeria (Oran Munita Urbs et Comodus Ports in Ora Maritima Barbariae et Proprie in Regno Telensin), Seutter, Augsburg, ca. 1750.This splendid plan typifies the style and format of a series of birds-eye plans and panoramic profiles of major cities and ports published in Germany during the eighteenth century. At top is a map of the coastline showing the fortifications of the Algerian port of Oran at the bottom is a coastal view with a fleet of ships in the foreground. The chart is richly embellished with a large allegorical title cartouche featuring Zeus and his entourage. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00252 Print Map Item-ID: i11400596 BIB-ID: 1845451 Matthäus Seutter (1678-1756) was born in 1678, the son of a goldsmith, in Augsburg. In 1697 Seutter began his studies in Nuremberg and subsequently worked in the publishing house of Jeremias Wolff in Augsburg. In 1710, he established his own publishing house and print shop. The Seutter publishing house produced a great number of maps, atlases and globes. However, very few original maps were printed there as Augsburg at that time had no university and no connection to the fields of mathematics or the natural sciences. Seutter therefore copied the work of other cartographers, making his own engravings based on their models, with over 500 maps produced in his studio. Seutter's most well-known works are the 1725 "Geographical Atlas or an Accurate Depiction of the Whole World" ("Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Vorstellung der ganzen Welt") with 46 maps, the 1734 "Large Atlas" ("Grosser Atlas") with 131 maps, and the 1744 pocket atlas "Small Atlas" ("Atlas minor") with 64 maps. Matthäus Seutter died in 1756 and his son Albrecht Karl, his son-in-law, conrad Tobias Lotter, and his business partner, Johann Michael Probst, ran the printing business for five more years. Show less
This is an antique map and view of the town of Oran / Algeria (Oran Munita Urbs et Comodus Ports in Ora Maritima Barbariae et Proprie in Regno... Show moreThis is an antique map and view of the town of Oran / Algeria (Oran Munita Urbs et Comodus Ports in Ora Maritima Barbariae et Proprie in Regno Telensin), Seutter, Augsburg, ca. 1750.This splendid plan typifies the style and format of a series of birds-eye plans and panoramic profiles of major cities and ports published in Germany during the eighteenth century. At top is a map of the coastline showing the fortifications of the Algerian port of Oran at the bottom is a coastal view with a fleet of ships in the foreground. The chart is richly embellished with a large allegorical title cartouche featuring Zeus and his entourage. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00252 Print Map Item-ID: i11400596 BIB-ID: 1845451 Matthäus Seutter (1678-1756) was born in 1678, the son of a goldsmith, in Augsburg. In 1697 Seutter began his studies in Nuremberg and subsequently worked in the publishing house of Jeremias Wolff in Augsburg. In 1710, he established his own publishing house and print shop. The Seutter publishing house produced a great number of maps, atlases and globes. However, very few original maps were printed there as Augsburg at that time had no university and no connection to the fields of mathematics or the natural sciences. Seutter therefore copied the work of other cartographers, making his own engravings based on their models, with over 500 maps produced in his studio. Seutter's most well-known works are the 1725 "Geographical Atlas or an Accurate Depiction of the Whole World" ("Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Vorstellung der ganzen Welt") with 46 maps, the 1734 "Large Atlas" ("Grosser Atlas") with 131 maps, and the 1744 pocket atlas "Small Atlas" ("Atlas minor") with 64 maps. Matthäus Seutter died in 1756 and his son Albrecht Karl, his son-in-law, conrad Tobias Lotter, and his business partner, Johann Michael Probst, ran the printing business for five more years. Show less
