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De thermis Andreae Baccii Elpidiani ciuis Romani, apud sixtum quintum pontificem maximum medici. Libri septem : opus locupletissimum, non solum medicis necessarium, verumetiam studiosis variarum rerum naturae perutile : In quo agitur de uniuersa aquarum natura, deq. earum differentijs omnibus, ac mistionibus cum terris, cum ignibus, cum metallis. De terrestris ignis natura noua tractatio: De fontibus, fluminibus, lacubus: De balneis totius orbis, & de methodo medenti per balneas. Deq. lauationum, simul atque exercitationum institutis in admirandis thermis Romanorum / demum ab ipso auctore recognitum, nouis historijs locupletatum, ac plus mille locis illustratum, & auctum.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio IC55 B1203 571t 1622
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bacci, Andrea, -1600.
- Standardized Title:
- De thermis libri septem.
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Baths, Warm--Early works to 1800.
- Baths, Warm.
- Hydrotherapy--Early works to 1800.
- Hydrotherapy.
- Baths--Early works to 1800.
- Baths.
- Hydrology--Early works to 1800.
- Hydrology.
- Mineral waters--Early works to 1800.
- Mineral waters.
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 425, that is, ., 441 pages, 19 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 31 cm (folio)
- Fingerprint:
- in19 r-bi tiis visu (3) 1622 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- Romae : Ex typographia Iacobi Mascardi, MDCXXII [1622]
- Notes:
- Originally published: Venice, 1571.
- Title page printed in red and black.
- Engraved title vignette representing the sun.
- Signatures: 2[maltese cross]⁴ A-G⁶ H⁸ [dagger]H⁶ I-2O⁶.
- Pages 87-96 are irregularly numbered: some pages have numerals and others have those numerals repeated with letters.
- Woodcut initials; head- and tail pieces.
- Includes index.
- Contains references to volcanoes of America (p. 163), natural features of Peru (p. 222-223, 310), and the legend of the Peruvian giants (p. 273).
- Printed marginalia.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection imperfect: occasional leaves stained (dampstained?) with no apparent loss of text.
- OCLC:
- 33301163
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