PESTALOZZI J.J. Precautionary notice against the contagious - Lot 15

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PESTALOZZI J.J. Precautionary notice against the contagious - Lot 15
PESTALOZZI J.J. Precautionary notice against the contagious disease of Marseille. Which contains a complete idea of the plague & its accidents. With preservative and curative means, selected formulas and a general catalog of remedies both simple and compound. Lyon, Pierre Bruyset, 1721. 1st edition, in 12, 16,5 x 9,5 cm; full calf of ep. Small lack of skin at bottom of spine, coif. Inf. missing. Decorated with crosses of Lorraine in a gilt frame, between each nerve. Crosses of Lorraine gilt on the corners of the boards. - title, 20pp, 203 pp, 4pp (errata) Rare first edition. Jérôme-Jean Pestalozzi was born on June 23, 1674 in Venice, Italy. He stayed there with his mother until 1682. At the age of eight, his father brought him back to Lyon, where he began his studies, first of all in botany and mathematics, before turning to medicine and receiving his doctorate in medicine in 1694 at the University of Valencia. In 1695, he was admitted to the medical college of Lyon. The plague epidemic that raged in Marseille in 1720 led him to study this disease. From his notes he wrote a booklet that he sent to the competition of the Academy of Bordeaux entitled "Is the plague contagious? His work allowed him to win the competition.
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