730. Zacutus (Abraham Ben Samuel) De Medicorum Principum Historia, and, Praxis historiarum, 2 vol., half-titles, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut head-pieces and initials, contemporary ink inscription on title and front free endpaper, foxed, marginal worming and water-staining at beginning, some repairs, modern vellum-backed marbled boards, morocco label, a little rubbed, folio, Lyons, J.A.Huguetan, 1743-1744.
est. £300 – £400
The author was a exiled Portuguese Jew who settled in Amsterdam; he was one of the first doctors to describe blackwater fever and did important research related to the treatment of syphilis.