Samuel Fuchs. Metoposcopia & …

Metoposcopia & ophthalmoscopia. Mit 24 Kupfer- und 2 Holzschnitt-Porträts. Straßburg, Theodosius Glaser für Paul Ledertz, 1615. 8 Bll., 140 Seiten. Kl.-8°. (Mod.) Halbleder mit Rückentitel.

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Naturwissenschaften – Erste Ausgabe eines der frühesten Werke über die Semiologie des Auges. - VD17 23:294709Q. - Wellcome I, 2468. - Caillet 4248: "Livre recherché et rare". - Graesse, Bibl. mag.-pneum. 104. - Rosenthal 953. - In this curious and little known work the author suggests a system for the estimation of character based on the shape of the head and eyes ... Among the finely executed engravings and woodcuts are portraits of Cosimo Medici, Andrea Doria, Christopher Columbus, and Philip II, Duke of Pomerania" (Becker Coll. 95). - Gebräunt, mit zahlr. Annotationen von alter Hand, Bl. 2 gestempelt.

Natural Sciences – Medicine. - Ophthalmology. - First edition of one of the earliest works on the semiology of the eye. Mod. half calf with spine title. - Browned, with numerous annotations in an old hand, sheet 2 stamped.