$1,600
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Auction: September 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
London: for Andrew Bell, et al, 1705. First English edition. 8vo. Bound in contemporary blind paneled brown calf; expertly rebacked, endpapers restored, with some toning and light spotting, small wormholes to margins at front. First published in Modena, 1700.
Garrison and Morton 2121, “Ramazzini wrote the first comprehensive and system treatise on occupational diseases. It deals with... diseases of miners, with lead poisoning in potters, with silicosis in stonemasons, diseases among metal workers, and even a chapter devoted to the diseases of learned men. It was [first] translated into English in 1705...” ESTC T139654; Printing and the Mind of Man 170.