Lot 366
Danish medicine--Smith, Henrik
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 5 September 2007 at 12:00 BST
Description
Tredge Urtegaard. Copenhagen: Hans Vingaard, 1557, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, with the final blank leaf, [Nielsen 1511; Rosenkilde & Ballhausen 266; Waller 9022]; Ibid. Fjerde Urtegaard. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, with the final blank leaf, [Nielsen 1512; R. & B. 267; Durling 4224; Waller 9023;]; Ibid. En skon Nyttelig Laegebog. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within a woodcut border, [Nielsen 1507; R & B 265; Durling 4225; Waller 9020]; Ibid. En Bog om Pestelentzis Aarsage. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, [Nielsen 1505; R & B 264; Durling 4222; Waller 9018], lacking final blank; Fries, Lorentz. En Liden Bog om Menniskens Vand... fordancket aff Henrick Smit. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, [Nielsen 639; Waller 3262], lacking final leaf (supplied in facsimile), 5 works in one volume, 4to, later calf, spine gilt, a few early manuscript notes and inscriptions, some light damp-staining throughout, some worming in margins, a few printed margin notes very slightly trimmed, inscription on first title-page deleted, binding slightly worn; Smith, Henrik. [Laegebog] En Bog om Pestilientzia aarsage. Copenhagen: A. Gutterwitz, 1577, part 4 only (of 6), modern morocco, [Nielsen 1508; R & B 269], a few repairs in margins (2)
Footnote
Note: These five medical works are usually found bound together. The Tredje Urtegaard (or The third simple garden) is the largest of Smith's popular medical works. Not a medical man himself, Smith drew heavily on the work of others, including Christiern Pedersen. The Fierde Urtegaard is the first Danish book about obstetrics and female diseases. According to Smith himself this is the second edition of his work on the plague following the first of 1535. Fries's work was translated by Smith.