Lyon, Jacques Roussin, 1623.
8vo [170 x 103 mm] of 208 pp., (8). Small stain on the upper corner of a l., pale waterstain on the title. Contemporary limp vellum, handwritten title on the spine and on the upper edge. Contemporary binding.
Very rare first edition of the first work dedicated to Aix-les-Bains thermal springs. Wellcome, I, n°1172; Krivatsy, n°1989. Not mentioned by Carrère. Biblotheca Osleriana, A catalogue of books illustrating the history of medecine and science, 2206 (who only quotes the 1891 reprint).
“Rare volume” (Techener, Répertoire universel de bibliographie, 3939).
Jean-Baptiste de Cabias, a doctor of the Dauphiné native of Languedoc, gives a topographical description of Aix-les-Bains and deals with the properties and the use of its waters. The work is divided into 31 chapters: Description du lieu & des Bains, La qualité & propriété de l’air à Aix en Savoye, Figure & forme des Bains d’Aix, Méthode générale pour prendre les Bains, Les remedes nécessaires à ceux qui prennent les Bains, Si les Bains d’Aix sont profitables aux femmes steriles & aux surditez d’oreille, Si les Bains ont quelques proprietez pour guerir la gale, lepre, goute, sciatique & verole, …
The work is dedicated to the Prince Thomas of Savoy.
A beautiful and very pure copy preserved in its contemporary limp vellum.
No copy in contemporary binding has been listed on the international public market since the beginning of the reports 40 years ago.
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