[Rarebooks] FS: Water cures at the baths of Pozzuoli. Naples: 1559

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Lombardi, Giovanni Francesco. SYNOPSIS AUTHORUM OMNIUM, QUI HACTENUS DE BALNEIS, ALIISQ; Miraculis Puteolanis Scripserunt... Adiectis Eiusdem Locis Obscurioribus Non Inutilibus Scholiis. Naples: Imprimebat Matth. Cancer. 1559. First edition. 8vo. ff.123 (of 124, lacking the final blank). 17th century vellum. Occasional light spotting.	$1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of Lombardi's concise account of the region and mineral baths of Pozzuoli which are still used to the present day. There is a long index at the beginning of all the diseases the baths were supposed to cure, ranging from ophthalmia to venereal disease. Censimento CNCE 45640; Durling 2840; BL Italian STC p. 392 (under "Lombardus, Joannes Franciscus." Not in Adams.


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