Nouvelles Experiences sur la Vipere, ou l'on verra une description exacte de toutes ses parties, la source de son venin ses divers effets, et les remedes exquis (the rare first edition, first issue) a German orientalist

a German orientalist

”  MacMurray assisted the Andrews and Granger expeditions with logistics and other aid while he served at Minister to China from 1925-1929

Sweden Date Published 1987 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Number of Volumes Reprint No Condition Fine Condition Description A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket

This work was written by the Greek scholar Oppianus (Oppian) who lived in the second century A

The work is divided into two parts

Nouvelles Experiences sur la Vipere, ou l'on verra une description exacte de toutes ses parties, la source de son venin ses divers effets, et les remedes exquis (the rare first edition, first issue) a German orientalistPp. illustrated frontis leaf (1), title leaf (1), dedication & epistre (4), preface (6), 1 200, fin (with 3 double plates and 1 illustrated frontis plate), 201 218 (echiosophium), table des titres (4), privilege du rot (2). Early acid etched brown calf, spine rebacked with original calf laid on, sm 8vo. This classic work began the debate with Italian physician Francesco Redi on the mechanism of viper envenomation. In this volume, Charas disputed