first edition Half-Leather Binding
1677 · Augsburg
by FABER, August M. D. Johannes Matth. [Johann Matthaeus]
Augsburg: Theophili Gobelij, 1677. First Edition. Half-Leather Binding. Very Good. 4to. Pp. [4, A-04, P2, Q4, R2: [8], 107, [17] followed by four index pages and errata. Engraved frontis. With 12 engraved plates with printed side-notes. Recent half-calf over marbled boards with gilt title on spine. Mild foxing at title and occasionally throughout; text somewhat limp. A very presentable copy, attractively bound. The only edition. Obscure author Johann Matthias Faber (1626-1702), physician to the Duke of Wurttemberg, discusses the cases of a group of children (the youngest age three) who died of nightshade poisoning in 1667. He then describes 13 similar (truncated)