Two works in one volume: (1) Beverwijck, J. van. Idea medicinae veterum

Leyden, Ex Officina Elzeviriorum, 1637, (8),390,(10) p., cont. overlapping vellum w. manuscr. title on spine. Lacking ties. A good copy w. signs of age, from the library of Georges Montandon, w. his engr. bookplate on upper pastedown. Bound with: (2) H. de Heer(s). Spadacrene ultimis curis politas (...). Liege, J. Ouwerx, 1635.

Ad 1: Willems 453; Krivvatsy 1201; Wellcome I, 836. Rare first and only edition of an early publication of Van Beverwijck, a series of medical quotations from non-medical authors from Greek antiquity. Ad 2: Very rare third edition (first: 1614) of a work on the therapeutic use of the Spa waters.