Lot 9 — EOBANUS HESSUS DE TUENDA BONA VALETUDINE, 1560, first edition, Renaissance medicine, woodcuts
Helius Eobanus Hessus; Johannes Placotomus, commentator; Johann Katzsch, contributor. De Tuenda Bona Valetudine, Libellus Eobani Hessi, Commentariis Doctissimis a Joanne Placotomo... Illustratus. Frankfurt: Haeredes Christiani Egenolphi, 1560 (colophon 1557). Octavo format. Red and black title page with woodcut printer's device; section title De Gubernanda Sanitate present. Illustrated with woodcuts in text depicting hygiene, temperance, and bodily functions. Rebound in modern quarter tan calf over marbled paper boards, spine featuring raised bands, blind tooling, and green morocco gilt title label.
Fine modern binding. Leaves trimmed, light toning, scattered minor spotting and finger-soiling throughout. Early ink signatures and annotations to lower title margins. Woodcuts clean and distinct.