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Darrera modificació: 2009-05-19
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Gessner, Konrad, De balneis omnia quae extant apud graecos, latinos et arabas, tam medicos quam quoscunque ceterarum artium probatos scriptores, qui vel integris libris, vel quoquo alio modo hanc materiam tractaverunt... in quo aquarum ac thermarum omnium quae in toto fere orbe terrarum sunt, metallorum item et reliquorum mineralium natur[a]e vires, atque usus exquisitissime explicantur... indicibus quator appositis, Venècia, hereus de Lucantonio Giunta, 1553, 14 + 497 + [1] ff., in-fol.
- Resum
- The most complete collection of early texts on balneology charting the history of the subject and containing precise descriptions of over 200 spas. The individual contributions, of which some had never been published before and many appear not to have been reprinted, are presented in full or in extract as appropriate. Some 70 authors are cited ranging from classical antiquity (Aristotle, Avicenna, Hippocrates, Galen) to the Renaissance (Girolamo Cardano, Michael Savonarola, Conrad Gesner, Leonhardt Fuchs, Joachim Camerarius). Gesner's work on German and Swiss thermal springs is here first published. We are thus offered a unique picture of 16th century knowledge of what was then a very popular pastime. Balneo-therapy was a fashionable means of treating medical conditions, and there existed in Germany alone some 70 health spas. The striking full-page woodcuts include a plan of a natural bath at Pozzuoli, a representation of a waterwheel-driven pump used to raise water at the baths of Fideris in the Prätigau Valley of eastern Switzerland (295r), and a fine view of the spa of Plombières-les-Bains in the Vosges (299r), complete with tiny figures, some on crutches, bathing and taking the waters. The work was edited by Tomaso Giunta, the publisher's successor.
- DSB V, 378/9: Gesner, Konrad (Zürich, 1516-1565).
- G&M. 1986: 'This is a collective work, incorporating the writings of more than 70 authorities, among whom may be mentioned Avicenna, Averroes, Guainero, Gessner, Savoranola, Petrus de Abano, and Maimonides. It gives an extensive history of balneology and an exact description of all the then known watering places (about 200).'
- Heirs of Hippocrates, 217: 'This work is one of the most complete collections on baths and bathing compiled during the 16th century, containing texts by more than 70 authors... Hippocrates, Galen, Cardano, Fuchs... Many of these works are printed here for the first and only time so that this volume provides a comprehensive picture of the state of balneology, then at the height of its popularity. The 5 woodcuts in the work show the plan of a Spa (287r), part of the baths at Pfeffers in Switzerland (295r), the baths at Plombière (299r), a map of the baths around Venice and Trieste (306v), and a view of the interior of a Roman bath (489v)'.
- Osler, 1902: 'The last item (J. A. Siccus, leaf 489) seems to have been added as an extra sheet while the volume was in the press. It contains an illustration 'Balneorum apud veteres forma'
- Wellcome vol. I, 652: Duveen, 42: Fischer, Conrad Gessner, p. 102: 'Gessner hat zu dieser berühmten, unter den Namen 'Corpus Venetus' bekannten ersten groszen Sammlung von Bäderschriften eine Beschreibung der Heilbäder Helvetiens und Germaniens beigetragen. Sie ist die erste gedruckte Abhandlung über dieses Thema und hat ... dazu geführt, Gessner als den Begründer der letzteren zu bezeichnen'.
- Durling, 1101: Cushing D88: Wellisch, A34: (On the contribution by Gessner) 'Gessner contributed this short description of Swiss and German thermal baths for a compendium on spas in Europe. It is divided into 3 parts: on hot springs and baths in general, with an etymological treatise on the word "thermae"; a list and description of Swiss hot springs; and another list on those in Germany. The title ('De Germaniae et Helvetiae Thermis') ... appears only in the table of contents'.
- Matèries
- Medicina - Dietètica i higiene
Banys
- Notes
- Small in folio (308 x 213 mm). Collation: 1 8 2 8 a-z aa-pp 8 qq 4 rr-zz aaa-hhh 8 iii 1 0 kkk-ooo 8 ppp 1 0 qqq 1 0. 511 leaves. W. woodc. plan, map and 4 woodcuts in the text and numerous woodcut initials.
Bibliografia: Adams D-167 & T-482. Cushing D88. Durling 1101. Duveen 42. Garrison & Morton 1986. Heirs of Hippocrates 126 (with illustration). Index Aureliensis 112.054. Ley, Gesner, p143, no 34. Mortimer, 'Italian 16th Century Books in the Harvard Library', 214. Osler 1902. Wellcome I, 652.
- URL
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