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MEDICINE – A Sammelband of nine works published in Germany, 1552-1558, with an added manuscript appendix in various hands. Comprising: 1. DAUBMANN, Hans (d.1573). Artzneybuch . Kaliningrad: Hans Daubmann, 1556. 272 leaves only (of 274, lacks leaves Ccc1 and 4, tear on Bbb4 affecting text but without loss). USTC 613539, locating 4 copies; VD16 A-3875. 2. NOVENIANUS, Philipp Michael (d.1563). Von den bösen vmbflechtenden Bauchflüssen . Wittenberg: Lufft, 1558. USTC 703184, locating 5 copies; VD16 N-1921. 3. Apotecken tax der Stadt Dresden . Dresden: Matthes Stöckel, 1558. USTC 612602, locating 4 copies; VD16 D-2687. 4. LANFRANCUS Mediolanensis (1250-1306) and Otto BRUNFELS (1488-1534). Ein nützliches wundartzney büchlein . Frankfurt: Hermann Gülfferich, 1552. USTC 644760, locating 5 copies; VD16 L-256. 5. BRUNFELS, Otto (1488-1534) and Lorenz FRIES (1489-1550). Von allerhandt apoteckischen confectionen . Frankfurt: Hermann Gülfferich, 1552. USTC 702714, locating 8 copies; VD16 B-8573. 6. JOHANNES VON BERIS (1539-1552). Ein new wundartzney . Frankfurt: Hermann Gülfferich, 1552. 23 leaves only (of 24, lacks last leaf with printer’s device). USTC 645129, locating 9 copies; VD16 J-370. 7. CHARETANUS, Johannes (1514-1584). Wundartzney zu allen gebrechen des gantzen leibs . Frankfurt: Hermann Gülfferich, 1552. 30 leaves only (of 36, lacks quire C, and leaves E2-3). USTC 707344; VD16 C-2058. 8. BURRES, Lorenz (1500-1599). Ein new wund artzney buechlein . Frankfurt: Hermann Gülfferich, 1552. USTC 645127, locating 4 copies; VD16 B-9863. 9. BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus (1450-1512). Distilierbuch der rechten kunst neuwe und gemein distillier . Frankfurt: Weigand Han, 1558. 96 leaves only (of 100, lacks Z2-3 and Aa1 + 4, small tear without loss on J2, frog woodcut on Z4 excised). Only one other copy of this edition at BSB. USTC 640257; VD16 B-8729. [ With :] An appendix of medical recipes and contemporary wisdom added in a variety of 17th- and 18th-century German hands on the final 27 leaves, opening with a treatment to ward off the plague, and including a recipe for Rauchpulver alongside remedies for common ailments such as fevers. A rare gathering of early illustrated German medical texts in contemporary pigskin binding, profusely annotated by a series of owners in a fascinating appendix compilation reflecting the most important medical learning of the day. 9 works in one volume, quarto (187 x 144mm). Most titles printed in red and black, numerous woodcuts, 27 blank leaves at end with manuscript annotations (some staining and soiling). Contemporary German blindstamped tinted pigskin over wooden boards dated 1565 from Wolfgang Schreiber’s workshop in Wittenberg [EBDB w000441; Haebler I 434], later leather ties (rubbed, somewhat darkened). Provenance : The initials ‘A P’ stamped along with the 1565 date on the binding – Ownership inscription of Gottfriedus Dietzman, 12 June 1641 on first flyleaf; his is perhaps the hand responsible for the copious marginal notes scattered throughout and for the earliest medical recipes added on the final 27 blank leaves – Unidentified owner’s inscription noting that the volume was given to him by H[err] Schwage v[on] tizu (?) in 1698 on first flyleaf – Partial author index in an 18th-century German hand on first flyleaf.