Lot 19
  • 19

Pechlin, Johann Nicolaus.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Theophilus bibaculus sive de potu theae dialogus. Kiel and Frankfurt: Johann Sebastian Riechel, 1684
4to (189 x 149mm.), modern patterned paper boards, some early annotations

Provenance

Marcus Crahan, bookplate

Literature

VD17 12:181515M; Krivatsy 8746; cf. BL STC German XVIIc. P301, Vicaire 668 & Wellcome IV, 325 (all with 1684 Frankfurt imprint)

Condition

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Catalogue Note

first edition. Pechlin (1646-1706) was professor of medicine at the University of Kiel and he wrote various medical treatises. This one discusses the medicinal properties of tea.