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Abhandlung des Hippocrates von der Luft, den Wässern und den Gegenden, nach der französischen Bearbeitung des Dr. Coray von Georg Ritter von Högelmüller. Hippocrates´ masterpiece on the physical enviroment: Treatise on Air, Water, and Places. It is a comprehensive study of climate in the largest sense, containing a mass of wise and fine observations on air and prevalent winds; on sunlight, water, soil; on seasonal changes and prevalent vegetation; and, finally, on the constitutional tendencies of various populations in Europe and Asia, which, when once formed by those influences, were perpetuated by heredity. (source: http://www.usefultrivia.com) Two folding insertions: a map of described territories and table comparing wind rose names in the writings of well-known authors. Original(?) all-calf binding with gilded spine and gilded edges. The binding is threadbare, with distinct traces of using, there is owner´s stamp on the blank leaf, title page is dirty nad with library notes, some pages with small yellowish spots, the table is c. 3 cm torn. 19.5 x 12 cm, 272 pp., 2 insertions.
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Publisher: Jos. Schalbacher, Wien
Year: 1803
Number of copies: ?
Edition: ?
Cover: original all- calf
Condition: damaged

Price: 5300 CZK

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