Schola Curiositatis Sive Antidotum Melancholiae Joco-Serium : Omnibus Hypochondriacis & atra bili laborantibus, sive fratribus Spleneticis & Melancholicis, vulgò Denen Herren Miltz- und Mit-Brüdern zu sonderlicher Zeit-Passirung, aus unterschiedlichen curiosen Authoren … gezogen Germanus Warheit (Pseud.)
(School of Curiosity or Antidote to Melancholy Joke-Series: To All Hypochondriacs & Black Bile Sufferers or Splenic & Melancholic Brothers) (Two volumes). In Latin and German language.
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[S.l.] [ca. 1694]. (No place, no date – but Germany ca. 1694)
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Pp. 288 + /2/ + 372; frontispiece.
Size: 13.5 x 8 cm.
Extremely rare set, as it consists of both of the two volumes, whereas usually they can be found only separately.
A collection of anecdotes, proverbs, poems, and jokes in Latin and German by Germanus Warheit (pseud.).
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Binding: Two volumes bound together. Original vellum with brass claps. Spine renewed, stained. Front flyleaf missing. Ink signature and ex-libris of the previous owner.
Condition: Frontispiece with a few smaller repaired damages and some small tears. Inscriptions on title. A few pages with marginal water stains. A few dog ears. Browned and spotted due to paper aging.
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