Lot 142
Wecker, Johann Jacob
Practica Medicinae
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
… VII. Libris explicata. Basileae [Basel]: per Hieron. Frobenium, & eius affinem, 1585. [Bound with:] Everard, Giles. De herba panacea, quam alii tabacum, alii petum, aut nicotianam vocant. Antuerpiae [Antwerp]: Apud Ioannem Bellerum, 1587. 2 works in 1 volume, 12mo and 16mo (10.1 x 7.1cm), contemporary vellum. Wecker: [32],337[437],[27]pp., page 437 misnumbered ‘337,’ minor worm damage to inner margin of leaves N1-[P6] with no loss of text, leaves R2-3 cropped but with no loss of text, textblock becoming separated from lower board [Adams W36; USTC 606195; VD16 W1372]. Everard: 98,[4],246,[2]pp. [Adams E1149; USTC 413734]
Footnote
First edition of Wecker, ‘Practica Medicinae’; one of two recorded 1587 printings of Everard, ‘De herba panacea,’ which was the first book devoted entirely to tobacco (USTC records an Antwerp 1583 printing). The author Giles Everard (Gilles Everaert or Aegidius Everardus) was a physician who is believed to have practised in Antwerp. The work discusses the beneficial medicinal properties of tobacco, and describes its origin, methods of curing and cultivation, and tobacco-based medicines for all kinds of illnesses. Other texts included are: Castore Durante ‘Compendiosa narratio de vsu & praxi radicis mechoacan,’ Gerard van Bergen ‘De pestis praeseruatione,’ Galen ‘De theriaca ad Pisonem’ and ‘De antidotis.’