Johannes Franciscus Löw - Universa Medicina Practica - 1724

DESCRIPTION: I present to you at auction a wonderful First Edition of "UNIVERSA MEDICINA PRACTICA," a magnificent and dazzling work of European medicine from the 18th century, written by the German-Bohemian physician Johann Franz Ritter Löw von Erlsfeld (1648 - 1725), court physician to Emperor Leopold I of the Holy Roman Empire, doctor of Medicine and Law, rector of Charles University in Prague, and one of the leading medical authorities of his time.

By opening this book, you are entering the office of an imperial doctor from the 18th century, at the very moment when European medicine ceases to repeat dogmas and begins to think with method, experience, and its own authority. The book condenses all the medical knowledge inherited from Antiquity and confronts it with modern clinical experience, at a crucial moment of transition in scientific thought.

This first edition of 1724 marks the birth of one of the great medical syntheses of the Baroque, a work intended for doctors, universities, and princely libraries. The work enjoyed widespread dissemination and esteem in its time, especially for its contributions to the study and treatment of epidemic diseases, particularly the plague.

This first edition of 1724 is neither a late reprint nor a diluted echo of the original: it is the very birth of the work itself, as it was conceived, read, and used by doctors, universities, and ruling-class libraries. It is the text in its purest, most ambitious, and most prestigious form.

And then there is the frontispiece. That engraving of the author, looking at you for three centuries, is not a decoration: it is a declaration of intellectual power. In the international market, an original engraved portrait in a scientific work makes the difference between an interesting book and a major collectible piece. That frontispiece turns the volume into something that is not only studied: it is displayed, admired, and remembered.

Imposing presence, full of history and intellectual authority, essential for the great collector of antique medicine, for specialized libraries, and for any bibliophile seeking a work capable of combining beauty, erudition, and rarity. A book that is not only read: it is admired and preserved.

In a few years, you won't ask yourself, 'Why did I buy it?'.
You might be wondering, 'How did I almost let it pass?'

Because some books are acquired and others are conquered: this is one of them.

LANGUAGE: Latin (Original version)

Place and year of publication: Nuremberg (Germany) 1724 First edition (301 years old)

SIZE AND PAGINATION: Dimensions: 4º, 2 volumes, 21.5 x 16.6 cm. Pagination: [4 pages] + 1036 pages + [12] pages. COMPLETE WORK.

State: Beautiful set of 2 volumes in uniform binding in full marbled leather, in good condition with some scuffs, as shown in the photos. Spine with five nerves, luxuriously decorated with gold motifs inspired by plants, with a red maroquin label bearing the title in gold characters and volume number in Roman numerals. Marbled edges.

The interior is in good overall condition, as shown in the photos. Illustrated copy with a beautiful engraved frontispiece by the author. Beautiful two-tone cover (red and black). GOOD COPY.

Only one copy of the work is available for sale worldwide at this moment. Don't let it slip away.

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