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BEAUTIFUL LARGE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LANDMARK BOOK IN HEMATOLOGY

First collected edition of the medical writings of Paulus Gottlieb Werlhof (1699–1767), the celebrated Hanoverian physician and royal court doctor to George II of Great Britain. Parts I, II, and III are present. 

He is remembered for his clinical descriptions of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (“Morbus maculosus Werlhofii”) and for his wide correspondence within the learned European medical world.

This handsome folio volume was edited and augmented by J. E. Wichmann, also physician to the Hanoverian court. It gathers Werlhof’s essays, treatises, and medical letters, covering fevers, eruptive diseases, haemorrhagic disorders, and practical therapeutics. The style and arrangement reflect late-Enlightenment rational medicine, combining careful observation with reflections on the limits of empirical and dogmatic systems.

The Opera Medica was issued in three parts between 1775 and 1777; this volume constitutes Pars I, II and III, complete and beautifully printed by the Helwing brothers in Hanover. The typography and ornaments—such as the elegant headpiece on the opening page—typify high-quality German scientific printing of the period.

Book Description and Condition: Folio (approx. 32 × 21 cm) | [8], 830 pp. Bound in full mottled calf, gilt spine with red morocco label “WERLHOFI OPERA”. All edges red. Contemporary full mottled calf, richly gilt spine in six compartments with floral tools, red leather title-label lettered in gilt, gilt fillet borders to boards, all edges stained red, and marbled endpapers of blue, red, yellow, and white swirl design typical of the late eighteenth century. Binding is Solid and attractive; joints rubbed with minor cracks at head and foot, small losses at spine ends, corners lightly bumped; gilt tooling bright and legible; title-label intact. Covers have very moderate scuffing and small surface abrasions consistent with age; overall good patina. Some rubbing and minor chipping to headcap; gilt decorations crisp and well preserved. Interior: Very clean and fresh; paper crisp with only light toning to margins; foxing on some pages; occasional small ink marks from presswork. Bright and original marbled design, well preserved; hinges sound. Overall, a very good and handsome copy, well above average for an eighteenth-century imprint.

Provenance: Early Continental ownership notation (erased) on title; otherwise clean. Previously the property of the renowned French bibliophile Arthur Tatossian.

Rarity: Complete and well-preserved examples of the 1775 Helwing edition are rare on the market. Two inferior copies in the dealer market. No copies have sold at all in the last century at auction (RBH). There are 21 extant copies in the world’s known libraries (OCLC).

About the Author: Paul Gottlieb Werlhof (24 March 1699 – 26 July 1767) was a German physician and poet who was a native of Helmstedt. 

He studied medicine at the University of Helmstedt under Lorenz Heister (1683–1758) and Brandanus Meibom (1678–1740), who was the son of Heinrich Meibom (1638–1700).  After completing his studies, he practiced medicine in Peine for four years, and in 1725 moved to Hannover, where he became one of the more influential physicians in Europe.  In 1740 was appointed Königlicher Leibarzt, physician to Hannover royalty.  Werlhof would remain in Hannover until his death in 1767. 

In 1735, Werlhof coined the name "morbus haemorrhagicus maculosus" which was later referred to as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a bleeding disorder.  However, his description of the condition is not in keeping with ITP: He wrote: "Vidi, verbi causa, ante quinquennium, ubi solitarius hic affectus, in puella decenni, haemorrhagiam largam sanguinis foetidi, sinceri partim, partim nigri, partim serosi, per nares, gingivas, arteriam asperam, vomitum, fecessium, urinam, a primo inde initio ad finem usque, alternis ανωμαλως vicibus, produxit, cum animi deliquiis et extremorum perfrigeratione, et maculis totum sensim corpore erumpentibus, copiosis, nigerimis." which in English means: I saw, for example, five years ago, as an isolated symptom, in a ten year old girl, a large hemorrhage of fetid blood, partially pure, partially black, partially serous, from the nose, the gums, the windpipe, from vomiting, feces, urine, from the beginning until the end going along with other anomalies like confusion and extreme shivering, and a lot of black spots erupting on her entire skin. This description is more compatible with a generalized coagulation disorder.

In addition to his reputation as a physician, Werlhof was highly regarded as a poet, and was a good friend of anatomist Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777), who was also an accomplished poet.  Werlhof composed his poems and hymns in German, while his medical treatises were written in Latin.  Among his written works were a 1732 treatise on fevers called Observationes de febribus, and a collection of poetry titled Gedichte.
References: Hirsch-H. V, 905.


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