A short discours /
of ... Leonardo Phioravanti ... uppon chirurgerie. With a declaration of many thinges, necessarie to be knowne, never written before in this order: wherunto is added a number of notable secretes, found out by the saide author. Translated out of Italyan into English, by John Hester ..

Description

Main Author

Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1518-1588.

Related Names

Hester, John, d. 1593.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Thomas East, 1580.

Subjects

Medicine > Medicine / Early works to 1800.
Surgery > Surgery / Early works to 1800.

Note

Later included in the collection of the author's works in English (Three exact pieces of ... Phioravant. London, 1652) where it has title: A treatise of chirurgery.
Published in 1626 under title: A discourse upon chyrurgery ... with a declaration of many wonderful matters ... with most notable secrets.
Translations of extracts from several different works of Fioravanti, the first part (leaves 1-14) being chapters 1-23 (with some omissions) of his Discorsi ... sopra la chirugia, which was printed as an appendix to his edition of the Compendio di tutta la cirugia, by P. and L. Rostinio (Venice, 1561) The remainder was drawn from others of Fioravanti's works, including Tesoro della vita humana, and Capricci medicinali.

Physical Description

[8], 64 leaves ; 18 cm.

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