SCHULTES, Johann [Joh. Sculteti] Armamentarium Chirurgicum
SCHULTES, Johann [Joh. Sculteti]
Armamentarium Chirurgicum
Venice: Typis Combi, & La Nou, 1665
8vo., contemporary vellum-backed drab boards, spine lettered and decorated with device in ink; pp. [ii, engraved frontis], [xvi], 3-317, xi, index]; complete with all 44 engraved plates showing surgical instruments and procedures; boards rather grubby; the binding fragile and just starting at the front interior gutter; some water markings throughout, particularly to the final few pages; initial leaves rather browned; some trimming to external edges of one or two plates; very good. Provenance: From the Library of the revered collector Robert J Hayhurst, with his bookplate affixed to the front paste-down.
Fifth edition of this milestone surgical work, first published posthumously in folio format in 1655, from notes left by the author. The work in its present form was compiled with the help of Schultes nephew, a pioneering surgeon in his own right. The engravings are by the German engraver Jonas Arnold.
The German surgeon Johann Schultes was employed by the Belgian physician, Adrian van Der Spiegheel, and later studied at Padua in Italy alongside some of the foremost medical physicians of the day, including Fabricus ab Aquapendente and van de Spiegel. During his time there, he was responsible for most of the dissections during teaching, and was engaged in the treatment of his master’s patients. After his eduction, he returned to his home town of Ulm, where he practiced for a further 20 years before his premature death from a stroke in 1645. There, he became one of the most celebrated German surgeons of the 17th century, introducing new surgical instruments and techniques into common practice, with guidance from the widely-available texts at the time, including those of Hippocrates, Celsus and Galen.
Upon his death, the Armamentarium, published by his nephew (also a student at Padua) proved to be incredibly popular. It ran to five editions in less than ten years aided, in part, by its small format and detailed diagrams, which made it highly convenient for practical usage. A highly important work, it contains a complete catalogue of surgical instruments, and the first known depictions of operations still performed today.
Along with the highly detailed frontispiece and aforementioned catalogue the text includes 43 engravings showing a variety of surgical procedures, including how to treat fractures, haemorrhoids, urinary tract stones, as well as how to perforrm complex procedures such as mastectomy, cesarean sections, hernia operations and arterial ligation. In particular, the work was revered for its depictions of amputations, particularly of the hand, which later became the routine method. It is now widely considered to be one of the most influential surgical texts of the 17th century.
COPAC lists just 3 copies institutionally, including at the BL and Wellcome libraries.
SCHULTES, Johann [Joh. Sculteti]
Armamentarium Chirurgicum
Venice: Typis Combi, & La Nou, 1665
8vo., contemporary vellum-backed drab boards, spine lettered and decorated with device in ink; pp. [ii, engraved frontis], [xvi], 3-317, xi, index]; complete with all 44 engraved plates showing surgical instruments and procedures; boards rather grubby; the binding fragile and just starting at the front interior gutter; some water markings throughout, particularly to the final few pages; initial leaves rather browned; some trimming to external edges of one or two plates; very good. Provenance: From the Library of the revered collector Robert J Hayhurst, with his bookplate affixed to the front paste-down.
Fifth edition of this milestone surgical work, first published posthumously in folio format in 1655, from notes left by the author. The work in its present form was compiled with the help of Schultes nephew, a pioneering surgeon in his own right. The engravings are by the German engraver Jonas Arnold.
The German surgeon Johann Schultes was employed by the Belgian physician, Adrian van Der Spiegheel, and later studied at Padua in Italy alongside some of the foremost medical physicians of the day, including Fabricus ab Aquapendente and van de Spiegel. During his time there, he was responsible for most of the dissections during teaching, and was engaged in the treatment of his master’s patients. After his eduction, he returned to his home town of Ulm, where he practiced for a further 20 years before his premature death from a stroke in 1645. There, he became one of the most celebrated German surgeons of the 17th century, introducing new surgical instruments and techniques into common practice, with guidance from the widely-available texts at the time, including those of Hippocrates, Celsus and Galen.
Upon his death, the Armamentarium, published by his nephew (also a student at Padua) proved to be incredibly popular. It ran to five editions in less than ten years aided, in part, by its small format and detailed diagrams, which made it highly convenient for practical usage. A highly important work, it contains a complete catalogue of surgical instruments, and the first known depictions of operations still performed today.
Along with the highly detailed frontispiece and aforementioned catalogue the text includes 43 engravings showing a variety of surgical procedures, including how to treat fractures, haemorrhoids, urinary tract stones, as well as how to perforrm complex procedures such as mastectomy, cesarean sections, hernia operations and arterial ligation. In particular, the work was revered for its depictions of amputations, particularly of the hand, which later became the routine method. It is now widely considered to be one of the most influential surgical texts of the 17th century.
COPAC lists just 3 copies institutionally, including at the BL and Wellcome libraries.
SCHULTES, Johann [Joh. Sculteti]
Armamentarium Chirurgicum
Venice: Typis Combi, & La Nou, 1665
8vo., contemporary vellum-backed drab boards, spine lettered and decorated with device in ink; pp. [ii, engraved frontis], [xvi], 3-317, xi, index]; complete with all 44 engraved plates showing surgical instruments and procedures; boards rather grubby; the binding fragile and just starting at the front interior gutter; some water markings throughout, particularly to the final few pages; initial leaves rather browned; some trimming to external edges of one or two plates; very good. Provenance: From the Library of the revered collector Robert J Hayhurst, with his bookplate affixed to the front paste-down.
Fifth edition of this milestone surgical work, first published posthumously in folio format in 1655, from notes left by the author. The work in its present form was compiled with the help of Schultes nephew, a pioneering surgeon in his own right. The engravings are by the German engraver Jonas Arnold.
The German surgeon Johann Schultes was employed by the Belgian physician, Adrian van Der Spiegheel, and later studied at Padua in Italy alongside some of the foremost medical physicians of the day, including Fabricus ab Aquapendente and van de Spiegel. During his time there, he was responsible for most of the dissections during teaching, and was engaged in the treatment of his master’s patients. After his eduction, he returned to his home town of Ulm, where he practiced for a further 20 years before his premature death from a stroke in 1645. There, he became one of the most celebrated German surgeons of the 17th century, introducing new surgical instruments and techniques into common practice, with guidance from the widely-available texts at the time, including those of Hippocrates, Celsus and Galen.
Upon his death, the Armamentarium, published by his nephew (also a student at Padua) proved to be incredibly popular. It ran to five editions in less than ten years aided, in part, by its small format and detailed diagrams, which made it highly convenient for practical usage. A highly important work, it contains a complete catalogue of surgical instruments, and the first known depictions of operations still performed today.
Along with the highly detailed frontispiece and aforementioned catalogue the text includes 43 engravings showing a variety of surgical procedures, including how to treat fractures, haemorrhoids, urinary tract stones, as well as how to perforrm complex procedures such as mastectomy, cesarean sections, hernia operations and arterial ligation. In particular, the work was revered for its depictions of amputations, particularly of the hand, which later became the routine method. It is now widely considered to be one of the most influential surgical texts of the 17th century.
COPAC lists just 3 copies institutionally, including at the BL and Wellcome libraries.