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Joh. van Beverwyck Schat der ongesontheyt, ofte, Genees-konste van de sieckten : vercʹiert met historyen, ende kopere platen

Beverwyck, Jan van, 1594-1647, Savery, Salomon, 1594-1665, Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660 · 1642 · Tot Dordrecht : Voor Jasper Gorissz ... · 6 pictures

Schat der ongesontheyt is a 1642 Dutch medical treatise by Jan van Beverwyck, with engraved plates and historiated initials, printed at Dordrecht for Jasper Gorissz and aimed at general readers wanting to understand disease and its cure. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments, a decorative initial letter, and a historiated letter showing a seated figure beside foliage, offering a designer dense period ornament, strapwork and figure-in-initial models for borders and drop caps.

Medicine, Medieval · Medicine · Medical care · Diseases

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library