1587-1597 MEDICAL TREATISE by HIERONYMI MERCURIALIS antique 16th CENTURY FOLIO

HIERONYMI MERCURIALIS RESPONSORUM, et CONSULTATIONUM MEDICINALIUM Tomus Primus (- Alter) Nunc primum a Michaele Columbo collectus, & in lucem editus Two volumes bound together. Venice: Iolitos; 1587-1589 First Edition, rare 8 leaves, 263 pp.; 10 leaves, 262 pp., 1 blank leaf. With 2 repeated woodcut printer's marks. Bound with: PRAELECTIONES PISANAE HIERONYMI MERCURIALIS... MEDICINAM PISIS LOCO SUPRAORDINARIO VOCATO PROFITENTIS IN EPIDEMICAS HIPPOCRATIS HISTORIAS Venice: Junta; 1597 8 leaves, 208 pages, 56 pages, 2 leaves, 11 pages. With woodcut printer's mark. Durling 3107. - First edition, edited by Marco and Orazio Cornacchini. "Includes the Latin text of the cases from Epidemiorum libri 1 and 3" (Durling). Half vellum over marbled boards Some wear of binding, faded mostly marginal dampstains Small folio. Size: 8 1/2 by 12 1/8 inches Text in Latin Girolamo Mercuriale or Mercuriali (Italian: Geronimo Mercuriali; Latin: Hieronymus Mercurialis, Hyeronimus Mercurialis) ( 1530 – 1606) was an Italian philologist and physician, most famous for his work De Arte Gymnastica.