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[SCIENCE AND MEDICINE] - MERCATI Michele (1541 - 1593) - [Medicine – Renaissance Treatise On The Plague Bound With A Medical Manual On Treating The Sick] - MERCATI Michele (1541 - 1593) “Instruttione sopra la peste…”, Roma, Vincenzo Accolto, 1576, in-4, 143 pp. Complete. First edition, xylographic coat of arms on the title page (traces of restoration). Signature of ownership by Galeazzo Alberici. Bound with: CLAUDINI Giulio Cesare (1550 - 1618) “(…) DE INGRESSU AD INFIRMOS - LIBRI DUO - In quibus Medici omne, ex tempore medicinam facturi, munus, sive per se curet, sive cum alijs de curando consultet, accuratissimè, tanquam in tabula, delineatum continetur. Cum Appendice de rimedijs generosioribus, & quaestione philosophico-medica de sede principum facultatum. Quibus adiectus est Coronidis loco De catarrho. Necnon De Crisibus, & diebus Criticis eiusdem Auctoris Tractatus” Venezia, Apud Bertanos, 1663. In-8 (167 x 216 mm), 324 pp., 1 double-page table with text, overall in good condition. Complete. This remarkable sammelband brings together two important works of early modern medical literature, providing a rare and valuable insight into Renaissance and Baroque medical theory, bedside practice, and the professional ethos of early modern physicians. •⁠> This lot is located in and ships from the UK. No export license is required for values under £65,000; above this threshold, a UK export license will be needed. Import duties and taxes in the destination country are the buyer's responsibility.