A classic work on mineral waters and spas

ON MINERAL WATERS AND SPAS. BACCI, A. De thermis libri septem. Opus locupletissimum non solum medicis necessarium, verum etiam studiosis variarum rerum naturae perutile, in quo agitur de universa aquarum natura... cum terris, cum ignibus, cum metallis: de lacubus, fontibus, fluminibus, de balneis totius orbis... Accessit nunc liber octavus de nova methodo thermarum explorandarum... Editio novissima... Patavii (sumptibus Jo. Baptistae Conzatti) 1711.

Folio (about 293x195 mm.). (8), 1-xxviii, 1-365. (1) pp. 1 folding engraved plate ("Thermarum Docle").
Contemporary brown full calf, somewhat worn, new inne doublures and endpapers, richly gilt spine uin six compartments, some monor worming, speckled edges. Title and a few leaves with small wormholes. Minor foxing. Signature on first endpaper.

This classical work on mineral waters and all the spas of the known world was first published in 1571.

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