ASTRUC, JOHANN.

Abhandlung aller Venuskrankheiten. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt durch Johann Gottlob Heise.

Frankfurt und Leipzig, Waltherischen Buchh., 1764. 8vo. Cont. blank boards with old rebacking. Large uncut copy. A faint waterstain in outher margins on the first ab. 10 leaves. 48,718 pp. A few scattered brownspots, but fine.

First German edition of Astruc's famous work on venereal diseases originally written i latin as "De morbis venereis..." 1736. The German edition having the importent "Anhang", first published in the third French edition, on chinese Medicine and terminology "Von der Beschaffenheit der Venusseuche in China,; derselben Benennung, Zufälle und Kurirart."
"Considering the period in which is was written, this is an admirable and comprehensive book on the subject. It includes a useful review of the existing literature. Of Syphilis, Astruc says that it made its appearance in 1493." (Garrison & Morton No 5195). - Not in Waller and not in Wellcome.

Order-nr.: 29056