1,496 pp, thick 4to (237 x 173mm). In German. Written in German script in brown and red ink. Bound in dark calf (rebacked preserving original spine, corners restored). Provenance: early note on front flyleaf indicating a date “Wein…1799”). 

 

Organized in sections for different diseases with extensive pharmaceutical discourse (occasional marginalia) followed by prescriptions from the author’s own experience or from other sources, such as Nicolai Alexander or Paracelsus. Records in great detail what a practicing physician would face in normal practice in the late-18th and early-19th century Vienna, and embodies a wide range of symptoms and diseases known to this physician (or pharmacist). The last pages contain a short index of symptoms and page reference for discussion and treatment.