Rantzau, Heinrich. De conservanda valetudine. Von Erhaltung menschlicher Gesundheit (Maintaining Human Health: A Very Useful Guide.) Leipzig, Valentin Vogelin, 1594 Bound with: Johannis Pontani. Simple and short report on what should be used in the heavy pestilent sufferers. Size 6 1/2 by 7 3/4" (19 x 15 cm.) Limp vellum binding Worn, with 3 (of 4) straps. Title browned and with a larger stain in the lower corner. Browned throughout, the first 70 pages with stain in lower left corner. Text in German Heinrich Rantzaus treatise in which he discusses all topics related to human health in 60 chapters. He covers more general topics such as nutrition, sleep, but also vomiting, sweating, abstinence and even diets. In addition, Rantzau writes about the effects of the different seasons on people, "how one proves oneself again Celts in travel, hunting and military campaigns", but can also protect against heat. Finally, he mentions remedies and their production, such as Ambrosius syrup and turpentine. Heinrich Rantzau or Ranzow (Ranzovius) (1526 – 1598) was a German humanist writer and statesman, a prolific astrologer and an associate of Tycho Brahe. He was son of Johan Rantzau. He was Governor of the Danish royal share in the Duchy of Holstein, a rich man and celebrated book collector. Rantzau is perhaps best remembered as a patron of scholars. His own Tractatus astrologicus de genethliacorum thematum appeared in 1597, and went through five editions by 1615. In his own time, he was regarded as a generous supporter of artists and writers in Lubeck, many of whom he engaged to write memorials of his father. Rantzau was also a successful merchant with trading interests in the east-west trade through Husum and Lubeck. His oldest son Breide Rantzau was a councillor of the Danish realm, and a younger son, Gert Rantzau, was Captain of the castles of Kronborg and Flensburg. He was the great-uncle of Josias von Rantzau, Marshal of France. VD16 R231. See BM STC, German Books p. 724. Cagle 500. Durling 3790f. Weiss 3103. Not with Adams, Garrison-Morton and Osler.
Topic:
Medicine
Binding:
Vellum
Subject:
Science & Medicine
Language:
German
Original/Facsimile:
Original
Year Printed:
1594

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