De balneis omnia quae extant apud Graecos, Latinos, et Arabas : tam medicos quàm quoscunque ce̜terarum artium probatos scriptores: qui vel integris libris, vel quoque alio modo hanc materiam tractauerunt: nuper hinc inde accurate conquisita & excerpta, atque in unum tandem hoc volumen redacta. : In quo aquarum ac thermarum omnium, quae in toto ferè orbe terrarum sunt, metallorum item, & reliquorum mineralium natur[ae], vires, atque vsus exquisitissime explicantur: indicibus quatuor appositis, quorum primus auctores omnes, qui in hoc volumine habentur: secundus Balneorum nomina: tertius capita cuiuscun[que] libri: quartus mirabiles curationes in his libris contentas, quae vi ac beneficio Balneorum factae fuerunt, complectitur. : Opus nostra hac aetate, in qua tam frequens est Thermarum vsus, medicis quidem necessarium, caeteris vero omnibus tum summopere vtile, tum etiam periucundum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aetius, of Amida

Aleardus de Pindemontibus, active 15th century.

Alexander, of Tralles, approximately 525-approximately 605.

Aretaeus, of Cappadocia

Arcolani, Giovanni, -1484.

Giunta, Tomaso, editor.

Ibn Serapion, Yúhānnā, active 9th century.

Ibn Wāfid, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, active 998-1067.

Petrus, de Abano, approximately 1250-approximately 1315.

Heredi di Lucantonio Giunta, printer.

Series:

Early European books.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Balneology--Early works to 1800.

Balneology.

Mineral waters--Early works to 1800.

Mineral waters.

Baths--Early works to 1800.

Baths.

Health resorts, Ancient--Early works to 1800.

Health resorts, Ancient.

Genre:

Printers' devices (Printing) -- Italy -- Venice -- 16th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 leaves) : illustrations

Other Title:

De balneis omnia qvae extant apvd Graecos, Latinos, et Arabas

Place of Publication:

Venetiis : Apud Iuntas, MDLIII. [1553]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

Ex C. Plinii libro secundo naturalis historiae [De aquis]

Ex Rasis continente, Libro primo, capite secundo tractus primi De apoplexiae curatione

Ex Rasi ad Almansorem & Herculani commentarijs in eundem excerpta, quae ad balna pertinent

De aquarum omnium natura ex Hippocrate et Galeno.

Notes:

Colophon (leaf 488r): Venetiis apud haeredes Lucaeantonii Juntae MDLIII.

Printer's device on t.p. and 488r; initials; printed marginalia.

Includes indexes.

"Quoniam qualiscunq sunt, quae de balneis ac thermis hinc inde collegimus ac in unum redegimus, ea omnia virtuti tuae accepta referenda sunt."- Dedication, by Thomas Iunta.

Includes (leaves 307r-308r) "De thermis quae ad Timavi ostia sunt", with prefatory remarks by the editor. According to him, the treatise derives from letters written by Giacomo Valvasone, but in the contents list, authorship is assigned to Jovita Rapicius. Cf. Wellcome Library catalog.

"Cum priuilegio summi Pontificis Senatus[que] Veneti."

Signatures: 1⁸ 2⁶ a-z⁸ aa-zz⁸ aaa-ppp⁸ qqq¹⁰ (qqq10 is blank).

Reproduction of original in: The Wellcome Library (London England).

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2012 Mode of access: World Wide Web. Available to subscribing institutions. s2012 miun o

Cited in:

Wellcome cat. of printed books, 652

Contains:

Alcadinus. De balneis Puteolanis.

Galen. De aquarum omnium natura ex Hippocrate et Galeno.

Pliny, the Elder. De aquis.

Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555. De natura eorum quae ex terra effluunt.

Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?. Excerpta quae ad aquas & balnea pertinent.

OCLC:

861635171

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