JOUBERT (Laurent). - Lot 111

JOUBERT (Laurent). - La Premiere [...] Partie des erreurs populaires, touchant la Medecine & le regime de santé. -- Seconde Partie [...] touchant la Medecine & le regime de santé, refutez ou expliquez. A Rouen, Chez Théodore Reinsart, 1601 & 1600. 2 parts in one small in-8° volume, blond calf, double gilt fillet framing the covers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (Lardière). Enlarged edition by the author's son. A curious chapter is entitled: "Quel langage parleroit un enfant qui n'auroit iamais ouy parler." (II, pp. 212-227). Laurent Joubert was chancellor of the University of Montpellier, physician to Henri III and the future Henri IV. First cover detached, some foxing.