Storia naturale di tutte l'acque minerali di Toscana ed uso medico delle medesime

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Author:  Giuseppe Giulj

Publisher:  Stamperia Piatti - Onorato Porri

Place of printing:  Florence - Siena

Year of publication:  1833-1835

Product Condition:
Work in six volumes in very good condition. Half cloth bindings with marbled corners and boards: titles on paper tags on the spines. The bindings are in good condition with minimal peeling on the corners and edges and dust spots; minimal scratches on the spines; whitish traces on the spine of the third volume; abrasions on the tags without compromising the text. The title pages of the first, fourth, fifth and sixth volumes are preceded by a cardboard sheet where on the recto we find a calligraphic dedication note signed The author, while on the verso a paper tag with coat of arms and serial number (in the first volume the note is on the verso of the sheet and there are two serial numbers). Brown stains should be noted on the lower portion of the sheet of the fifth volume. In the second and third volumes the paper tags with coat of arms and serial number are placed on the front pastedowns. Stamp on the title page of the first volume. Signature of the author on the verso of the title pages of all six volumes. Frayed edges, with dust spots and foxing; particularly darkened head edges. Collational formula: [π]-19⁸, 20⁴; [1]-20⁸, *⁶ (last blank leaf missing); [1]-20⁸, 21⁶; [1]-20⁸; [1]-21⁸; [1]-19⁸, *², **⁴. Very well preserved leaves, with wide margins and rare foxing; some quinterni have slightly more widespread foxing. Only a few minimal imperfections to report: in the second volume a lack of the lower margin in π8 and in 14.2 and in the lateral margin in 5 (without compromising the text); in the fifth volume a vertical fold on the title page; in the sixth volume a hole in 15.2. Texts in Italian.

Pages:  XII,316;330;332;319,(1);335,(1);315,(1)

Format:  In eighth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  24
Width:  14

Description

A very rare work to be found complete in its 6 volumes in which all the mineral and thermal water sources of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany are described. The author, Giuseppe Giulj (1764-1842), a doctor and botanist, held the chair of Botany and Natural History at the University of Siena from 1822. In the Preface to this Natural History of all the mineral waters of Tuscany, he places the beginning of his field research work in 1823: a work that engaged him for many years in a personal and meticulous inspection of all the places where there was an outcrop of mineral and thermal waters. In the investigation, he always says in the preface, "the Doctor, the Geologist, the Statesman, the Chemist, the owner of the land" are involved. The author does not aim to be a theoretical treatise on mineral waters: he works on facts rather than theories, and in particular on facts that "known by men can bring them great advantages". The classification of the springs occurs according to two criteria: the territorial division (the Grand Duchy is divided into 27 sections) and the chemical composition of the waters. The existing springs and spas are then described on a territorial basis in brochures in which the author inserts a topographical description of the place, geognostic notes on the land, references to a previous literary history, a physical description of the spring, the results of the chemical examination, the medical application of the use of the waters (in the form of bathing, showering or ingestion) and muds with also the description of specific cases, the description of the regulations and costs of the spas existing on site.

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