BONDT, Jacob de (1592-1631) - De medicina indorum libri IV. She give: Francis Hack, 1642. 

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Lot 199 | BONDT, Jacob de (1592-1631) - De medicina indorum libri IV. She give: Francis Hack, 1642. 
BONDT, Jacob de (1592-1631) - De medicina indorum libri IV. She give: Francis Hack, 1642.

First edition of the "first Dutch work on tropical medicine and the first modern description of beri-beri and cholera" (Garrison-Morton). Bondt, who spend four years with the Dutch East India Company, was probably the first to regard tropical medicine as an independent branch of medical science.

12mo (121 x 74mm). Engraved title by Cornelis van Dalen, initials and woodcut headpieces (some spotting and light staining). Modern boards (lower edges of spine a little damaged).
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