Bidspirit auction | Giovanni Battista Zapata

Giovanni Battista Zapata - Giovanni Battista Zapata - The wonderful secrets of medicine and surgery, 1586. Venice, from the heirs of Deuchino, 1586. In 8°. Brand on the title page, woodcut initials, small restored loss on the title page, light water stain on the upper margin of the first quires, slight marginal foxing, later half-parchment binding with corners, gilt title within a tag on the spine. Ownership signature on the title page. § Together in the lot De Chesne, Joseph. Opera medica [...] de exquisita mineralium, Animalium & Vegetabilium medicamentorum spagyrica praeparatione. Lyon, apud Ioannem Lertout, 1600. In 8°. Two parts in one volume, each with its own title page. Woodcut frieze, some stains on the title page, slight reddening and foxing, some wormholes, contemporary stiff parchment binding, slightly loosened. Ownership signatures on the title page erased.