FABER, August M. D. Johannes Matth. [Johann Matthaeus]

[Belladonna Poisoning] Strychnomania Explicans Strychni Manici Antiquorum, Vel Solani Furiosi Recentiorum, Historiae Monumentum, Indolis Nocumentum, Antidoti Documentum. Quam. Occasione Stragis, Qua Augustae Vindelicorum

Augsburg: Theophili Gobelij, 1677. First Edition. Half-Leather Binding. 4to. Pp. [4, A-04, P2, Q4, R2: [8], 107, [17] followed by four index pages and errata. Engraved frontis. With 12 engraved plates with printed side-notes. Recent half-calf over marbled boards with gilt title on spine. Mild foxing at title and occasionally throughout; text somewhat limp. A very presentable copy, attractively bound. Very Good. Item #5576

The only edition. Obscure author Johann Matthias Faber (1626-1702), physician to the Duke of Wurttemberg, discusses the cases of a group of children (the youngest age three) who died of nightshade poisoning in 1667. He then describes 13 similar cases and describes and compares the effects of several classes of Solanaceae and Belladonnae and suggests remedies for poisoning. A natural history, citing the observations of Galen and Pliny, includes a terminological discussion with Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Ethiopic and Persian sources (all rendered in Hebrew type). With a fine occult frontispiece. WARING, 1677; HIRSCH II, p. 322. VD17 39: 144027F.

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