ALPINUS, P. — De medicina methodica libri tridecim

Padua, Fr. Bolzetta, 1611. Large 4to. W. woodc. vign. o.t. Old vellum, rebacked, w. ties. (XLIV, 424 pp.). (Some pp. waterst. in right margin.). (Signature in ink on title 'Philippi Mancini'). DSB I, pp. 14/5: Alpinus (1553 - 1616) '... helped advance the frontiers of botanical science by taking advantage of knowledge gained through his travels.' He was director of the botanical gardens at Padua.: Krivatsy, 238: Ferchl, p. 7: Comp. H. of H. 240/1: The thirteen books in this publication deal with a wide variety of diseases and their cures. Alpinus also wrote one of the earliest studies on non-Western (Egyptian) medicine.