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HOFFMANN (Georg-Friedrich). Gründlicher Unterricht, Wie ein Mensch nach den Gesundheits-Regeln der Heil. Ulm, Daniel Bartholomai, 1722. In-12, cold-stamped sow skin, skin and brass fastenings, blue edges (period binding). Title, (10) ff. 400 pp. and (19) ff. Rare first edition of this treatise on dietetics by the German physician Hoffmann. Multiplying the medical recommendations, he gives for example a recipe for chocolate (p. 206), describes the virtues of Hungarian wines and the benefits of mineral water baths. Hoffmann (1660-1742), a native of Halle and nicknamed "the second Hippocrates", was one of the most influential German physicians of the 18th century. Some foxing.
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HOFFMANN (Georg-Friedrich). Gründlicher Unterricht, Wie ein Mensch nach den Gesundheits-Regeln der Heil. Ulm, Daniel Bartholomai, 1722. In-12, cold-stamped sow skin, skin and brass fastenings, blue edges (period binding). Title, (10) ff. 400 pp. and (19) ff. Rare first edition of this treatise on dietetics by the German physician Hoffmann. Multiplying the medical recommendations, he gives for example a recipe for chocolate (p. 206), describes the virtues of Hungarian wines and the benefits of mineral water baths. Hoffmann (1660-1742), a native of Halle and nicknamed "the second Hippocrates", was one of the most influential German physicians of the 18th century. Some foxing.
