Description: HIERONIMI FRACASTORII VERONENSIS (Fracastoro, Girolamo) Opera omnia ... accessit index locupletissimus Venice, Giunti, 1584 Size 6 3/4 by 9' Frontispiece with woodcut typography by Luca Antonio Giunta, woodcut portrait of the author Dampstain on the first 22 leaves. Other interior is clean. Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, half leather binding with leather title label on the spine. Precious collection of all the works of the important scientist and scholar of the sixteenth century, fellow student of Copernicus. Particularly significant is the explanation of celestial motions with homocentric circles and the description of the first idea of a telescope called "Galilean", used for the observation of the stars; of literary importance the poem "Shypilis sive de morbo gallico". Of greater importance is the writing "De contagione et cagionis morbis", which made the author considered the founder of modern pathology. RICCARDI, Italian mathematical library, I, 482. SALLANDER, Biblioteca Walleriana, 3169; Graesse, II, 623; Annali dei Joints, 885 ========================== Girolamo Fracastoro (Latin: Hieronymus Fracastorius; c. 1476/8 – 6 August 1553) was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy. Fracastoro subscribed to the philosophy of atomism, and rejected appeals to hidden causes in scientific investigation. His studies of the mode of syphilis transmission are an early example of epidemiology. ======================= Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
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Topic: Astronomy
Binding: Leather
Subject: Science & Medicine
Language: Latin
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1584
