Baderbüchlin.
réf. 352610Baderbüchlin. Sechs köstliche Tractat armen und reychen nutzlich und notwendig von wasserbädern . Mit fleyß und müe Doctor Adams von Bodenstein zu einem guten neuwen jar publicirt. 4to 202 x 153 mm. 32 ff. A-H4 last blank title in red and black 2 fine woodcuts bathing scenes the larger one repeated printer's device. Modern red morocco 2 gilt fillets and fleurons on boards spine on raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons edges gilt. Small dampstain on the title page. Mülhausen Peter Schmid 1562. The eminently rare first edition of one of the earliest works on hydrotherapy. The treatise is about water-baths thermal springs hot baths etc. and their uses — for rich and poor — describing how they are useful and necessary for health. Paracelsus discusses the therapeutic effects of bathing in water for various illnesses and includes treatments for gout gynaecological disorders paralysis leprosy etc. Some of the most famous health resorts and healing springs are described in: Baden in Aargau Pfäffers Leukerbad Bad Gastein Teplitz Plombières Göppingen and others. The work was published by Adam Bodenstein 1528-1577 who Studied medicine in Basel Freiburg im Breisgau Leipzig and Mainz. In 1553 he entered the service of Otto Heinrich Elector Palatine who urged him to study the Paracelsus manuscripts kept in Neuburg an der Donau. He edited more than forty works and to facilitate understanding of Paracelsus' unusual language wrote an Onomasticon. Fine copy with ample margins one of the earliest book printed at Mulhouse. Provenance: Dr Maurice Villaret 1877-1946 French neurologist known for his work on the localisation of cerebral vascular lesions; with his bookplate "Morte/ Vita engraved on wood. References: Fürberth Bäder-Bibliographie Nr. 37. Sudhoff 45 ; Graesse V 127 ; VD16 P-413 Mülhausen, Peter Schmid, 1562.
